Bill > HB1517

This bill requires the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to contract with an independent entity by March 31, 2024, to conduct an assessment of the HHSC's rules, minimum standards, and contract requirements that apply to child-placing agencies, residential child-care facilities, relative caregivers, and adoptive homes. The independent entity must complete the assessment and submit a report with findings and recommendations by September 30, 2024, or the date of the next comprehensive review, whichever occurs first. The report must include recommendations for simplifying the HHSC's minimum standards, adjusting the system for assigning weights to minimum standards, eliminating certain standards, addressing barriers to retaining high-quality providers, updating licensing standards, providing flexibility in applying standards, defining the HHSC's regulatory role, and promoting transparency and clarity of the HHSC's expectations. The HHSC must publish the report and submit a plan to implement the recommendations or justify any recommendations it decides not to implement.

Health and Social Services

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