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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to repealing the coordinated strategic plan for health |
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and human services in this state, including related conforming |
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amendments. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 531.024(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) The executive commissioner shall: |
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(1) facilitate and enforce coordinated planning and |
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delivery of health and human services, including: |
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(A) [compliance with the coordinated strategic |
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plan; |
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[(B)] co-location of services; |
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(B) [(C)] integrated intake; and |
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(C) [(D)] coordinated referral and case |
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management; |
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(2) develop with the Department of Information |
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Resources automation standards for computer systems to enable |
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health and human services agencies, including agencies operating at |
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a local level, to share pertinent data; |
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(3) establish and enforce uniform regional boundaries |
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for all health and human services agencies; |
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(4) carry out statewide health and human services |
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needs surveys and forecasting; |
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(5) perform independent special-outcome evaluations |
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of health and human services programs and activities; |
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(6) at the request of a governmental entity that |
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coordinates the delivery of health and human services in regions, |
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counties, and municipalities of this state [identified under |
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Section 531.022(e)], assist the [that] entity in implementing a |
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coordinated plan that may include co-location of services, |
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integrated intake, and coordinated referral and case management and |
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is tailored to the needs and priorities of that entity; and |
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(7) promulgate uniform fair hearing rules for all |
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Medicaid-funded services. |
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SECTION 2. Section 531.028(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) The executive commissioner shall establish a federal |
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money management system to coordinate and monitor the use of |
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federal money that is received by health and human services |
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agencies to ensure that the money is spent in the most efficient |
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manner and shall: |
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(1) establish priorities for use of federal money by |
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all health and human services agencies[, in coordination with the |
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coordinated strategic plan established under Section 531.022]; |
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(2) coordinate and monitor the use of federal money |
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for health and human services to ensure that the money is spent in |
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the most cost-effective manner throughout the health and human |
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services system; |
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(3) review and approve all federal funding plans for |
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health and human services in this state; |
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(4) estimate available federal money, including |
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earned federal money, and monitor unspent money; |
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(5) ensure that the state meets federal requirements |
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relating to receipt of federal money for health and human services, |
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including requirements relating to state matching money and |
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maintenance of effort; |
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(6) transfer appropriated amounts as described by |
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Section 531.0271; and |
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(7) ensure that each governmental entity that |
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coordinates the delivery of health and human services in regions, |
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counties, and municipalities of this state [identified under |
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Section 531.022(e)] has access to complete and timely information |
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about all sources of federal money for health and human services |
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programs and that technical assistance is available to governmental |
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entities seeking grants of federal money to provide health and |
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human services. |
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SECTION 3. Section 533.032(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The department shall have a long-range plan relating to |
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the provision of services under this title covering at least six |
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years that includes at least the provisions required by Section |
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[Sections 531.022 and] 531.023, Government Code, and Chapter 2056, |
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Government Code. The plan must cover the provision of services in |
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and policies for state-operated institutions and ensure that the |
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medical needs of the most medically fragile persons with mental |
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illness the department serves are met. |
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SECTION 4. Section 533A.032(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The department shall have a long-range plan relating to |
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the provision of services under this title covering at least six |
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years that includes at least the provisions required by Section |
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[Sections 531.022 and] 531.023, Government Code, and Chapter 2056, |
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Government Code. The plan must cover the provision of services in |
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and policies for state-operated institutions and ensure that the |
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medical needs of the most medically fragile persons with an |
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intellectual disability the department serves are met. |
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SECTION 5. Section 40.051, Human Resources Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 40.051. STRATEGIC PLAN FOR DEPARTMENT. The |
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department shall develop a departmental strategic plan based on |
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[the goals and priorities stated in the commission's coordinated |
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strategic plan for health and human services. The department shall |
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also develop its plan based on]: |
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(1) furthering the policy of family preservation; |
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(2) the goal of ending the abuse and neglect of |
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children in the conservatorship of the department; and |
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(3) the goal of increasing the capacity and |
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availability of foster, relative, and kinship placements in this |
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state. |
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SECTION 6. Section 531.022, Government Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |