1. (a) The commission may require a health and human services agency, under the commission's direction, to:

   1. (1) ensure that the agency's location is accessible to:

      1. (A) employees with disabilities; and
      2. (B) agency clients with disabilities; and
   2. (2) consolidate agency support services, including clerical, administrative, and information resources support services, with support services provided to or by another health and human services agency.

2. (b) The executive commissioner may require a health and human services agency, under the executive commissioner's direction, to locate all or a portion of the agency's employees and programs:

   1. (1) in the same building as another health and human services agency; or
   2. (2) at a location near or adjacent to another health and human services agency's location.

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.