AI-assisted research summary: This section says certain legal references to named state agencies are treated as references to the commission or the commission division doing the transferred function.
Sec. 521.0002. REFERENCES IN LAW MEANING COMMISSION OR COMMISSION DIVISION. (a) This section applies notwithstanding Section 521.0001(5). (b) A reference in any law to any of the following state agencies or entities in relation to a function transferred to the commission under Section 531.0201, 531.02011, or 531.02012, as those sections existed immediately before their expiration on September 1, 2023, means the commission or the division of the commission performing the function previously performed by the state agency or entity before the transfer, as appropriate: (1) health and human services agency; (2) the Department of State Health Services; (3) the Department of Aging and Disability Services; (4) subject to Chapter 316 (H.B. 5), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, the Department of Family and Protective Services; or (5) the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services. (c) Notwithstanding any other law, a reference in any law to any of the following state agencies or entities in relation to a function transferred to the commission under Section 531.0201, 531.02011, or 531.02012, as those sections existed immediately before their expiration on September 1, 2023, from the state agency that assumed the relevant function in accordance with Chapter 198 (H.B. 2292), Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, means the commission or the division of the commission performing the function previously performed by the agency that assumed the function before the transfer, as appropriate: (1) the Texas Department on Aging; (2) the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse; (3) the Texas Commission for the Blind; (4) the Texas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing; (5) the Texas Department of Health; (6) the Texas Department of Human Services; (7) the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation; (8) the Texas Rehabilitation Commission; (9) the Texas Health Care Information Council; or (10) the Interagency Council on Early Childhood Intervention. (d) Notwithstanding any other law and subject to Chapter 316 (H.B. 5), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, a reference in any law to the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services in relation to a function transferred under Section 531.0201, 531.02011, or 531.02012, as those sections existed immediately before their expiration on September 1, 2023, from the Department of Family and Protective Services means the commission or the division of the commission performing the function previously performed by the Department of Family and Protective Services before the transfer. Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.