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Board approves Weaver & Tidwell contract amendment, accepts FY25 internal audit report and adopts FY26 audit plan
Summary
The Texas Board of Nursing approved July 18 a contract amendment allowing Weaver and Tidwell LLP to bill under a variable rate schedule (rather than a single $175/hour rate) while keeping the contract cap at $50,000, and accepted the FY25 internal audit report and the FY26 internal audit plan.
The Texas Board of Nursing on July 18 approved three related internal-audit actions: an amendment to the Weaver and Tidwell LLP contract that replaces a single flat hourly rate with a variable rate schedule tied to personnel seniority and market conditions, acceptance of the fiscal year 2025 internal audit activities report, and approval of the fiscal year 2026 internal audit plan.
Assistant General Counsel Brian Linney Miller Jr. presented the proposed contract amendment. Representatives from Weaver and Tidwell explained the change is driven by market conditions and staffing availability since the firm’s original $175-per-hour proposal in 2023; the variable schedule lets Weaver staff engagements at different seniority levels while keeping the total contract expenditures capped at $50,000, the firm and staff said. Weaver representatives noted one lower rate in the proposed table reflects use of offshore resources.
Board discussion clarified the contract remains billed on hours performed up to the $50,000 cap; the contract term was described as a one-year award with optional renewals as provided in the original RFP. A staff amendment replaced an incorrect table attached to the published agenda with an updated rate table distributed at the meeting. The motion to approve the revised Attachment A and the revised schedule of rates carried.
Separately, Weaver and Tidwell summarized audits completed in fiscal 2025: the enforcement audit (Attachment B) received a “strong” rating with three findings risk-rated as low and management remediation plans in place; a focused review of General Counsel/Operation Nightingale (Attachment C) received a “strong” rating with no findings; and a follow-up audit of human-resources management (Attachment D) validated remediation of two predecessor findings and received a “strong” rating. Board members commended staff for remediation work and responsiveness to the auditor’s requests.
The board voted to accept the fiscal 2025 internal audit activities report and to adopt the fiscal 2026 internal audit plan. Weaver said the major audit for FY26 will be an information-security review; the micro, focused audit will examine procurement processes, and the follow-up work will include open enforcement items. The FY25 annual internal audit report (a required submission to the governor’s office, Legislative Budget Board, and State Auditor’s Office) will incorporate the approved plan and is expected to be presented in October for submission by the Nov. 1 deadline.
Motions and approvals were recorded in open session; the transcript records that the motion to approve the contract amendment and the motions to accept the FY25 report and to approve the FY26 plan carried, though the transcript does not print a full roll-call tally.
