The Texas Board of Nursing on July 18, 2025 approved a contract amendment allowing Weaver and Tidwell LLP to bill the board under a variable hourly rate schedule tied to staff seniority and market conditions while maintaining a $50,000 annual cap. The motion to approve the revised Attachment A (with a corrected rate table) was made from the board floor and carried.

Board staff and Weaver and Tidwell told the board the firm's original $175-per-hour flat rate proposal dated to the 2023 RFP and that market forces and a shortage of accounting graduates have increased staffing costs. Weaver and Tidwell said the amendment would allow a staffing mix (including lower‑cost offshore staff for some work) while keeping total expenditures within the existing $50,000 cap; Weaver asserted the amendment did not raise the contract's total budget. The firm also said each invoice will include a breakdown of staff levels and hours to improve transparency.

In related actions, the board accepted Weaver and Tidwell's FY25 internal audit activities and approved the FY26 internal audit plan. The FY25 work included:
- An enforcement audit (strong rating; three findings, all risk‑rated low; management provided remediation dates);
- A targeted review of general counsel and enforcement focused on Operation Nightingale (strong rating; no findings on sampled expenditures);
- A follow-up audit of human resources management that verified remediation of two prior findings (strong rating).

Weaver and Tidwell presented a proposed FY26 plan that lists information security as the major audit for the year, a focused micro‑audit of procurement, follow-up on open enforcement items, and an annual internal audit report that must be submitted under the Texas Internal Auditing Act. The firm stated its IT partner (named in the presentation) had been in discussions with agency IT staff and would lead the information security audit.

Board members asked questions about billing structure, contract term language and oversight. Staff noted an earlier attachment contained the wrong rate table and that the corrected table was provided as a handout; the board voted on the revised table as presented at the meeting. Motions to accept the FY25 report and to approve the FY26 plan were made by Ken Johnson and seconded by Maisie Jamieson; both motions carried.

The board discussed deadlines and reporting requirements under the Texas Internal Auditing Act (Chapter 2102 of the Texas Government Code), including the requirement to file the annual internal audit report with the governor's office, the state auditor's office and the legislative budget board by Nov. 1, 2025.