By Vowell H.B. No. 2000
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the provision of long-term care services to certain
1-3 persons with mental retardation.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 222.042, Health and Safety Code, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 222.042. LICENSING OF ICF-MR BEDS AND FACILITIES. The
1-8 department may not license or approve as meeting licensing
1-9 standards new ICF-MR beds or the expansion of an existing ICF-MR
1-10 facility unless <:>
1-11 <(1)> the new beds or the expansion was included in the
1-12 plan approved by the Health and Human Services Commission in
1-13 accordance with Section 533.062 <Interagency Council on ICF MR
1-14 Facilities in accordance with Section 2.43, Texas Mental Health and
1-15 Mental Retardation Act (Article 5547 202, Vernon's Texas Civil
1-16 Statutes), and>
1-17 <(2) the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental
1-18 Retardation has approved the beds or the expansion for
1-19 certification in accordance with Section 2.44, Texas Mental Health
1-20 and Mental Retardation Act (Article 5547 202, Vernon's Texas Civil
1-21 Statutes)>.
1-22 SECTION 2. Section 533.062, Health and Safety Code, is
1-23 amended to read as follows:
2-1 Sec. 533.062. PLAN ON LONG-TERM CARE FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL
2-2 RETARDATION <ICF MR FACILITIES>. (a) The department shall
2-3 biennially develop a <annually> proposed plan on long-term care for
2-4 persons with mental retardation <for the creation of new beds in
2-5 the ICF MR program>.
2-6 (b) The proposed plan must specify the <number> capacity of
2-7 the HCS waiver program for persons with mental retardation and the
2-8 number and levels of new ICF-MR beds to be authorized <created> in
2-9 each region. In developing the proposed plan, the department
2-10 shall consider:
2-11 (1) the needs of the population to be served;
2-12 (2) projected appropriation amounts for the biennium
2-13 <the resources of the governmental entities responsible for
2-14 providing services>; and
2-15 (3) the requirements of applicable federal law.
2-16 (c) Each proposed plan shall cover the subsequent fiscal
2-17 biennium <year>. The department shall conduct a public hearing on
2-18 the proposed plan. Not later than July 1 of each even-numbered
2-19 year, the department shall submit the plan to the Health and Human
2-20 Services Commission <Interagency Council on ICF MR Facilities> for
2-21 approval.
2-22 (d) The Health and Human Services Commission may modify the
2-23 proposed plan as necessary before its final approval. In
2-24 determining the appropriate number of ICF-MR facilities for persons
2-25 with a related condition, the department and the Health and Human
3-1 Services Commission shall consult with the Texas Department of
3-2 Human Services <The board by rule shall adopt the plan approved by
3-3 the Interagency Council on ICF MR Facilities>.
3-4 (e) The Health and Human Services Commission shall submit
3-5 the proposed plan as part of the consolidated health and human
3-6 services budget recommendation required under Section 13, Article
3-7 4413 (502), Revised Statutes <The department may submit to the
3-8 Interagency Council on ICF MR Facilities proposed amendments to a
3-9 plan in operation that the department considers necessary>.
3-10 (f) After legislative action on the appropriation for
3-11 long-term care services for persons with mental retardation, the
3-12 Health and Human Services Commission shall adjust the plan to
3-13 ensure that the number of ICF-MR beds licensed or approved as
3-14 meeting license requirements and the capacity of the HCS waiver
3-15 program are within appropriated funding amounts.
3-16 (g) After any necessary adjustments, the Health and Human
3-17 Services Commission shall approve the final biennial plan and
3-18 publish the plan in the Texas Register.
3-19 (h) The department may submit proposed amendments to the
3-20 plan to the Health and Human Services Commission.
3-21 (i) In this section, HCS waiver program means services under
3-22 the Texas Medicaid home and community-based services waiver program
3-23 for persons with mental retardation adopted in accordance with 42
3-24 U.S.C. Sec. 1915(c).
3-25 SECTION 3. With respect to the plan for the 1994-95 biennium
4-1 only, the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
4-2 shall submit the proposed biennial plan to the Health and Human
4-3 Services Commission within 30 days of the effective date of this
4-4 act.
4-5 SECTION 4. Section 533.061, Health and Safety Code, is
4-6 repealed.
4-7 SECTION 5. (a) In addition to the new changes in law made
4-8 by this Act relating to the provision of services to persons with
4-9 mental retardation, this Act conforms certain provisions of the
4-10 Health and Safety Code relating to the provision of those services
4-11 to changes in the law made by Section 1, Chapter 248, Acts of the
4-12 72nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1991.
4-13 (b) Section 1, Chapter 248, Acts of the 72nd Legislature,
4-14 Regular Session, 1991, is repealed.
4-15 SECTION 6. This Act does not affect the transfer of powers,
4-16 duties, rights, and obligations of the Texas Department of Health
4-17 to the Texas Department of Human Services or another agency as
4-18 prescribed by Section 1.11, Chapter 15, Acts of the 72nd
4-19 Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1991, or by any other law.
4-20 SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
4-21 SECTION 8. The importance of this legislation and the
4-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
4-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
4-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
4-25 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.