(a) Purpose. This rule implements the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) authority to require the health and human services agencies listed in Texas Civil Statutes, Article 4413(502), §19, to submit agency strategic plans and budgets to the HHSC for use in the Health and Human Services Coordinated Strategic Plan and Consolidated Budget.
(b) Requirement to Submit. HHSC requires the component agencies to submit agency strategic plans and Legislative Appropriations Requests (LARs) to the commission on the same date the agency strategic plans and LARs are due to the governor and the Legislative Budget Board. From time to time, as the governor's and Legislative Budget Board's due dates are announced, HHSC will announce the dates on which it requires the component agencies to submit draft strategic plans and LARs and explanatory material to it.

Source Note: The provisions of this §351.7 adopted to be effective October 4, 1994, 19 TexReg 7433