By Maxey H.B. No. 869
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 869:
By Maxey C.S.H.B. No. 869
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to coordinated delivery of health and human services
1-3 programs.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 10, Article 4413(502), Revised Statutes,
1-6 is amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (e) to
1-7 read as follows:
1-8 (c) In developing a strategic health and human services plan
1-9 and plan updates under this section, the commissioner shall
1-10 consider:
1-11 (1) existing strategic plans of health and human
1-12 services agencies;
1-13 (2) the health and human services priorities and plans
1-14 submitted to the commissioner by governmental entities under
1-15 Subsection (e) of this section;
1-16 (3) facilitation of pending reorganizations or
1-17 consolidations of health and human services agencies and programs;
1-18 (4) <(3)> public comment, including comment documented
1-19 through public hearings conducted under Section 11 of this article;
1-20 and
1-21 (5) <(4)> budgetary issues, including projected agency
1-22 needs and projected availability of funds.
1-23 (e) The commissioner shall identify governmental entities
1-24 that coordinate the delivery of health and human services in
2-1 different regions, counties, and municipalities in the state and
2-2 shall request that each of these entities:
2-3 (1) identify the health and human services priorities
2-4 in the entity's jurisdiction and the most effective ways to deliver
2-5 and coordinate services in that jurisdiction;
2-6 (2) develop a coordinated plan for the delivery of
2-7 health and human services, including transition services for
2-8 school-age students, in the entity's jurisdiction; and
2-9 (3) make the information described by Subdivisions (1)
2-10 and (2) of this section available to the commission.
2-11 SECTION 2. Section 14(a), Article 4413(502), Revised
2-12 Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
2-13 (a) The commissioner shall:
2-14 (1) arbitrate and render a final decision on
2-15 interagency disputes;
2-16 (2) facilitate and enforce coordinated planning and
2-17 delivery of health and human services, including compliance with
2-18 the coordinated strategic plan, co-location of services, integrated
2-19 intake, and coordinated referral and case management;
2-20 (3) at the request of a county, municipality, or other
2-21 appropriate governmental entity, assist the governmental entity in
2-22 implementing a coordinated plan, which may include co-location of
2-23 services, integrated intake, and coordinated referral and case
2-24 management, tailored to the needs and priorities of that entity;
2-25 (4) request budget execution for the transfer of funds
2-26 from one agency to another;
2-27 (5) <(4)> establish a federal health and human
3-1 services funds management system and maximize the availability of
3-2 those funds;
3-3 (6) <(5)> develop with the Department of Information
3-4 Resources automation standards for computer systems to enable
3-5 health and human services agencies, including agencies operating on
3-6 a local level, to share pertinent data;
3-7 (7) <(6)> establish and enforce uniform regional
3-8 boundaries for all health and human services agencies;
3-9 (8) <(7)> carry out statewide health and human
3-10 services needs surveys and forecasting;
3-11 (9) <(8)> perform independent special outcome
3-12 evaluations of health and human services programs and activities;
3-13 (10) <(9)> adopt rules necessary to carry out the
3-14 commission's duties under this Act; and
3-15 (11) <(10)> develop a formula for distribution of
3-16 funds that considers such need factors as client base, population,
3-17 and economic and geographic factors within the regions of the
3-18 state.
3-19 SECTION 3. Section 10, Article 4413(502), Revised Statutes,
3-20 is amended by adding a new Section to read as follows:
3-21 USE OF AGENCY STAFF. To the extent requested by the
3-22 Commission, a health and human services agency shall assign
3-23 existing staff to perform a function under this Article.
3-24 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
3-25 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-26 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-27 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
4-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
4-2 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
4-3 passage, and it is so enacted.