By: Carona, Madla S.B. No. 535
Moncrief
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Department
1-3 on Aging.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 2.12, Chapter 1505, Acts of the 76th
1-6 Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, is amended to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 2.12. This article takes effect September 1, 2005
1-8 [2003].
1-9 SECTION 2. Section 101.002, Human Resources Code, is amended
1-10 to read as follows:
1-11 Sec. 101.002. SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas Department on
1-12 Aging is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset
1-13 Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter,
1-14 the department is abolished and this chapter expires September 1,
1-15 2006 [2004].
1-16 SECTION 3. Not later than January 1, 2003, the commissioner
1-17 of health and human services shall:
1-18 (1) identify each function of the Texas Department on
1-19 Aging and determine whether each identified function primarily
1-20 relates to the direct provision of long-term care services or to
1-21 other department services for older persons;
1-22 (2) recommend functions identified as primarily
1-23 relating to the direct provision of long-term care services that
1-24 could be transferred to the Texas Department of Human Services to
1-25 improve delivery of those services, provided that the
2-1 recommendations for transfer do not conflict with the Older
2-2 Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. Section 3001 et seq.), as amended;
2-3 (3) evaluate the degree of coordination between the
2-4 Texas Department on Aging and the Texas Department of Human
2-5 Services; and
2-6 (4) submit a report to the legislature that includes:
2-7 (A) a list of all functions of the Texas
2-8 Department on Aging identified by the commissioner;
2-9 (B) a list of all functions primarily relating
2-10 to the direct provision of long-term care services recommended by
2-11 the commissioner for transfer to the Texas Department of Human
2-12 Services;
2-13 (C) a description of the recommended role and
2-14 functions of the Texas Department on Aging after the recommended
2-15 transfers of functions primarily relating to the direct provision
2-16 of long-term care services; and
2-17 (D) a description of the degree of coordination
2-18 between the Texas Department on Aging and the Texas Department of
2-19 Human Services.
2-20 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.