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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the statewide interagency aging services coordinating |
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council. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 531, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subchapter M-2 to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER M-2. STATEWIDE INTERAGENCY AGING SERVICES COORDINATING |
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COUNCIL |
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Sec. 531.491. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "council" |
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means the statewide interagency aging services coordinating |
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council. |
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Sec. 531.492. PURPOSE. The council is established to |
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ensure a strategic statewide approach to interagency aging |
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services. |
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Sec. 531.493. COMPOSITION OF COUNCIL. (a) Subject to |
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Subsection (b), the council is composed of at least one |
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representative designated by each of the following agencies and |
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entities: |
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(1) the governor's office; |
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(2) the commission, including one representative of |
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the commission's aging services coordination office; |
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(3) the Department of Family and Protective Services; |
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(4) the Department of State Health Services; |
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(5) the Department of Agriculture's office of rural |
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health; |
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(6) the Texas Veterans Commission; |
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(7) the Texas Workforce Commission; |
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(8) the office of the attorney general; |
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(9) the Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging |
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Studies at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San |
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Antonio; |
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(10) the Texas Aging and Longevity Center at The |
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University of Texas at Austin; and |
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(11) the Center for Population Health and Aging at |
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Texas A&M University. |
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(b) The executive commissioner shall determine the number |
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of representatives that each agency or entity may designate to |
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serve on the council. |
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(c) The council may authorize another state agency or entity |
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that provides specific interagency aging services with the use of |
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appropriated money to designate a representative to the council. |
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(d) A council member serves at the pleasure of the |
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designating entity. |
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Sec. 531.494. PRESIDING OFFICER. The representative of the |
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commission's aging services coordination office designated under |
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Section 531.493(a) shall serve as the presiding officer. |
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Sec. 531.495. MEETINGS. The council shall meet at least |
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once quarterly or more frequently at the call of the presiding |
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officer. |
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Sec. 531.496. POWERS AND DUTIES. The council: |
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(1) shall develop and submit to the executive |
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commissioner a five-year statewide interagency aging services |
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strategic plan; |
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(2) shall develop a biennial coordinated statewide |
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interagency aging services expenditure proposal; |
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(3) shall annually publish an updated inventory of |
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state-funded interagency aging programs and services that includes |
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a description of how those programs and services further the |
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purpose of the statewide interagency aging services strategic plan; |
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(4) may facilitate opportunities to increase |
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collaboration for the effective expenditure of available federal |
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and state money for interagency aging services in this state; and |
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(5) may establish subcommittees as necessary to carry |
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out the council's duties under this subchapter. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |