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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) In this code or in any other law, a reference 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 applicable, 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) the Department of Family and Protective Services; or
(5) the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services.
(b) In this code or in any other law and notwithstanding any other law, a reference 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 applicable, 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.
(c) In this code or in any other law and notwithstanding any other law, a reference to the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services in relation to a function transferred under Section 531.0201, 531.02011, or 531.02012, as applicable, 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.
(d) This section applies notwithstanding Section 531.001(4).
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 531.0011. References in Law Meaning Commission or Appropriate Division - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/government-code/gov-t-sect-531-0011/
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