1-1 By: Carona, Madla, Moncrief S.B. No. 535
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed February 5, 2001; February 6, 2001,
1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human
1-4 Services; April 23, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable
1-5 Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0;
1-6 April 23, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 535 By: Carona, Madla
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-8 AN ACT
1-9 relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Department
1-10 on Aging.
1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12 SECTION 1. Section 2.12, Chapter 1505, Acts of the 76th
1-13 Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, is amended to read as follows:
1-14 Sec. 2.12. This article takes effect September 1, 2005
1-15 [2003].
1-16 SECTION 2. Section 101.002, Human Resources Code, is amended
1-17 to read as follows:
1-18 Sec. 101.002. SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas Department on
1-19 Aging is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset
1-20 Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter,
1-21 the department is abolished and this chapter expires September 1,
1-22 2006 [2004].
1-23 SECTION 3. Not later than January 1, 2003, the commissioner
1-24 of health and human services shall:
1-25 (1) identify each function of the Texas Department on
1-26 Aging and determine whether each identified function primarily
1-27 relates to the direct provision of long-term care services or to
1-28 other department services for older persons;
1-29 (2) recommend functions identified as primarily
1-30 relating to the direct provision of long-term care services that
1-31 could be transferred to the Texas Department of Human Services to
1-32 improve delivery of those services, provided that the
1-33 recommendations for transfer do not conflict with the Older
1-34 Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. Section 3001 et seq.), as amended;
1-35 (3) evaluate the degree of coordination between the
1-36 Texas Department on Aging and the Texas Department of Human
1-37 Services; and
1-38 (4) submit a report to the legislature that includes:
1-39 (A) a list of all functions of the Texas
1-40 Department on Aging identified by the commissioner;
1-41 (B) a list of all functions primarily relating
1-42 to the direct provision of long-term care services recommended by
1-43 the commissioner for transfer to the Texas Department of Human
1-44 Services;
1-45 (C) a description of the recommended role and
1-46 functions of the Texas Department on Aging after the recommended
1-47 transfers of functions primarily relating to the direct provision
1-48 of long-term care services; and
1-49 (D) a description of the degree of coordination
1-50 between the Texas Department on Aging and the Texas Department of
1-51 Human Services.
1-52 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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