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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to studying the costs and benefits of a pilot program for |
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services for adults with autism. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. (a) The Department of Aging and Disability |
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Services shall conduct a study to determine the costs and benefits |
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to this state of initiating a pilot program to provide services to |
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adult persons with autism. |
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(b) The study must identify: |
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(1) the potential benefit to adult persons with autism |
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of receiving services involving: |
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(A) behavioral counseling; |
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(B) employment; |
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(C) home-based care; |
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(D) living arrangements; and |
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(E) medical care; |
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(2) the potential number of persons with autism the |
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pilot program may serve; |
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(3) which agency or agencies are appropriate to design |
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or administer the pilot program; |
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(4) which Medicaid waiver programs are appropriate to |
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the pilot program; |
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(5) whether new Medicaid waiver programs may be |
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required; |
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(6) how other states provide services to adult persons |
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with autism; and |
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(7) the administrative costs the state is likely to |
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incur in designing and administering the pilot program. |
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(c) Not later than September 1, 2011, the Department of |
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Aging and Disabilities Services shall submit a report of the |
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findings and conclusions of the study to the governor, the |
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lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, |
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and the presiding officers of the standing committees of the senate |
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and house of representatives with primary jurisdiction over the |
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provision of services to persons with disabilities. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2009. |