MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER AND HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY COMMISSIONER

(a) The executive commissioner and each health and human services agency commissioner shall enter into a memorandum of understanding in the manner prescribed by Section 524.0102 that: (1) clearly defines the responsibilities of the executive commissioner and the commissioner, including: (A) the responsibility of the commissioner to: (i) report to the governor; and (ii) report to and implement policies of the executive commissioner; and (B) the extent to which the commissioner acts as a liaison between the health and human services agency the commissioner serves and the commission; (2) establishes the program to evaluate and supervise daily operations required by Section 524.0004; (3) describes each power or duty delegated to a commissioner; and (4) ensures the commission and each health and human services agency has access to databases or other information each other agency maintains or keeps that is necessary for the operation of a function the commission or the health and human services agency performs, to the extent not prohibited by other law. (b) The memorandum of understanding must also outline specific performance objectives, as the executive commissioner defines, to be fulfilled by the health and human services agency commissioner with whom the executive commissioner enters into the memorandum of understanding, including the performance objectives required by Section 524.0004.