(a) The commission shall coordinate and approve caseload estimates for programs health and human services agencies administer.
(b) To implement this section, the commission shall:
(1) adopt uniform guidelines for health and human services agencies to use in estimating each agency’s caseload, with allowances given for those agencies for which exceptions from the guidelines may be necessary;
(2) assemble a single set of economic and demographic data and provide that data to each health and human services agency to use in estimating the agency’s caseload; and
(3) seek advice from health and human services agencies, the Legislative Budget Board, the governor’s budget office, the comptroller, and other relevant agencies as needed to coordinate the caseload estimating process.

Text of section effective on April 01, 2025