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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. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: |
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(1) "Council" means the statewide interagency aging |
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services coordinating council. |
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(2) "Strategic plan" means the statewide interagency |
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aging services strategic plan required under Section 531.497(1). |
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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 appointed 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 Consortium at The |
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University of Texas at Austin; and |
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(11) the Center for Community 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 appoint to serve |
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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 appoint a representative to the council. |
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(d) A council member serves at the pleasure of the |
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appointing agency or entity. |
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Sec. 531.494. TERMS; VACANCY. (a) Council members serve |
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six-year terms. |
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(b) A vacancy on the council shall be filled in the same |
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manner as the original appointment. A council member appointed to |
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fill a vacancy on the council shall serve the remainder of the |
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unexpired term. |
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Sec. 531.495. PRESIDING OFFICER. The representative of the |
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commission's aging services coordination office appointed under |
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Section 531.493(a) shall serve as the presiding officer. |
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Sec. 531.496. 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. 531.497. POWERS AND DUTIES. The council: |
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(1) shall, in accordance with Section 531.498: |
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(A) develop a recurring five-year statewide |
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interagency aging services strategic plan; and |
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(B) submit the strategic plan to the executive |
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commissioner and the administrative head of each agency subject to |
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the strategic plan; |
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(2) shall develop and, not later than November 1 of |
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each even-numbered year, submit to the legislature a biennial |
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coordinated statewide interagency aging services expenditure |
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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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Sec. 531.498. RECURRING FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN AND |
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RELATED IMPLEMENTATION PLANS. (a) Not later than March 1 of the |
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last state fiscal year in each five-year period covered by the most |
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recent strategic plan, the council shall: |
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(1) develop a new strategic plan for the next five |
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state fiscal years that begins with the following fiscal year; and |
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(2) submit the new strategic plan to the executive |
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commissioner and the administrative head of each agency subject to |
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the strategic plan. |
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(b) Not later than the 90th day after receiving the |
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strategic plan, the executive commissioner and the administrative |
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head of each agency that is subject to the plan shall develop and |
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submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the |
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legislature a plan for implementing the recommendations applicable |
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to the agency under the strategic plan. An implementation plan must |
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include a justification for any recommendation the commission or |
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other agency declines to implement. |
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Sec. 531.499. APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT. The council is |
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subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). The council shall be |
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reviewed during the period in which the commission is reviewed |
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under Section 531.004. Unless continued in existence as provided by |
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Chapter 325, the council is abolished and this subchapter expires |
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on the date on which the commission is subject to abolishment under |
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that section. |
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SECTION 2. (a) Not later than January 31, 2024, the |
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appropriate appointing agencies or entities shall appoint the |
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members of the statewide interagency aging services coordinating |
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council as required by Section 531.493, Government Code, as added |
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by this Act. |
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(b) Not later than March 31, 2024, the statewide interagency |
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aging services coordinating council established under Subchapter |
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M-2, Chapter 531, Government Code, as added by this Act, shall hold |
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its initial meeting. |
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(c) Not later than March 1, 2025, the statewide interagency |
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aging services coordinating council shall submit the initial |
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five-year statewide interagency aging services strategic plan |
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required under Section 531.497, Government Code, as added by this |
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Act. |
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SECTION 3. 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. |
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