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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the establishment of a task force to assist certain |
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long-term care facilities in developing the capacity to provide |
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services to individuals with disabilities through community-based |
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arrangements. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 531.02443 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 531.02443. TASK FORCE ON ASSISTING LONG-TERM CARE |
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FACILITIES WITH TRANSITIONING TO COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE MODELS. |
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(a) The executive commissioner shall establish a task force to |
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assist long-term care facilities that provide care to individuals |
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with disabilities in developing the capacity to transition from |
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providing facility-based long-term care services to providing |
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community-based services. |
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(b) The executive commissioner shall determine the number |
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of members of the task force. The executive commissioner shall |
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appoint as members of the task force: |
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(1) representatives of providers of residential |
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long-term care services to individuals with disabilities; |
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(2) representatives of providers of community-based |
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services to individuals with disabilities; |
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(3) representatives of appropriate health and human |
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services agencies; |
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(4) representatives of advocacy groups for |
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individuals with disabilities; |
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(5) representatives of advocacy groups for children |
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with disabilities; |
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(6) at least one representative of the Promoting |
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Independence Advisory Committee established by the executive |
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commissioner; and |
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(7) at least one representative of the Children's |
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Policy Council created under Section 22.035, Human Resources Code. |
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(c) The task force shall: |
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(1) develop a plan designed to assist providers of |
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residential long-term care services to individuals with |
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disabilities with the transition from facility-based services to |
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community-based services; and |
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(2) advise the commission and appropriate health and |
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human services agencies, stakeholders, and providers of |
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residential long-term care services to individuals with |
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disabilities with respect to the plan developed under Subdivision |
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(1). |
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(d) Not later than September 1 of each year, the task force |
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shall submit a report to the executive commissioner on the results |
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of the task force's activities required by Subsection (c). |
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(e) This section expires September 1, 2013. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |