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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to reporting requirements regarding the consumer-directed |
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services and voucher payment programs and to continuation of the |
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consumer-directed services program and work group. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 531.052(g), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(g) This section expires September 1, 2011 [2007]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 32.066(i), Human Resources Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(i) This section expires September 1, 2011 [2007]. |
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SECTION 3. Not later than November 1, 2007, the Department |
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of Aging and Disability Services, in cooperation with the Health |
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and Human Services Commission and the work group established under |
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Section 531.052, Government Code, shall report to the Legislative |
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Budget Board and the governor regarding: |
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(1) the identification of any barriers to the use of |
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the consumer-directed services program established under Section |
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32.066, Human Resources Code, and the voucher payment program |
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established under Section 531.051, Government Code; and |
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(2) recommended strategies for reducing or removing |
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those barriers. |
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SECTION 4. The state agency required to submit an annual |
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report regarding the effectiveness, including the |
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cost-effectiveness, of the consumer-directed services program |
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under Section 32.066(h), Human Resources Code, shall ensure that |
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the report due under that section in 2008 contains a plan for |
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continued evaluation and reporting of the program's |
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cost-effectiveness that includes: |
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(1) a comparative analysis of the cost-effectiveness |
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of the program with respect to each of the other long-term care |
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programs in this state in which consumer-directed services are |
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available as an option and in which there is sufficient use of those |
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services to produce statistically significant analyses; |
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(2) an analysis of the cost-effectiveness of the |
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program in the initial years of operation compared to the program's |
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cost-effectiveness in subsequent years of operation; |
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(3) a comparative analysis of the cost-effectiveness |
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of the program among different functional eligibility groups and |
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program populations; |
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(4) an analysis of the necessity for the modification |
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of data systems or the use of alternative data sources to determine |
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cost-effectiveness; |
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(5) an evaluation of cost-savings realized by this |
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state with respect to acute and long-term care services; and |
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(6) an estimate of savings realized by this state that |
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are attributable to the program. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |