By Maxey                                               H.B. No. 869
       74R2332 DLF-D
                                 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 in the entity's jurisdiction; and
    2-8              (3)  make the information described by Subdivisions (1)
    2-9  and (2) of this section available to the commission.
   2-10        SECTION 2.  Section 14(a), Article 4413(502), Revised
   2-11  Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
   2-12        (a)  The commissioner shall:
   2-13              (1)  arbitrate and render a final decision on
   2-14  interagency disputes;
   2-15              (2)  facilitate and enforce coordinated planning and
   2-16  delivery of health and human services<, including compliance with
   2-17  the coordinated strategic plan, co-location of services, integrated
   2-18  intake, and coordinated referral and case management>;
   2-19              (3)  at the request of a county, municipality, or other
   2-20  appropriate governmental entity, assist the governmental entity in
   2-21  implementing a coordinated plan, which may include co-location of
   2-22  services, integrated intake, and coordinated referral and case
   2-23  management, tailored to the needs and priorities of that entity;
   2-24              (4)  request budget execution for the transfer of funds
   2-25  from one agency to another;
   2-26              (5) <(4)>  establish a federal health and human
   2-27  services funds management system and maximize the availability of
    3-1  those funds;
    3-2              (6) <(5)>  develop with the Department of Information
    3-3  Resources automation standards for computer systems to enable
    3-4  health and human services agencies, including agencies operating on
    3-5  a local level, to share pertinent data;
    3-6              (7) <(6)>  establish and enforce uniform regional
    3-7  boundaries for all health and human services agencies;
    3-8              (8) <(7)>  carry out statewide health and human
    3-9  services needs surveys and forecasting;
   3-10              (9) <(8)>  perform independent special outcome
   3-11  evaluations of health and human services programs and activities;
   3-12              (10) <(9)>  adopt rules necessary to carry out the
   3-13  commission's duties under this Act; and
   3-14              (11) <(10)>  develop a formula for distribution of
   3-15  funds that considers such need factors as client base, population,
   3-16  and economic and geographic factors within the regions of the
   3-17  state.
   3-18        SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
   3-19  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   3-20  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   3-21  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   3-22  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
   3-23  and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
   3-24  passage, and it is so enacted.