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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain reports submitted by health and human services |
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agencies. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 531.1235(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) The advisory board shall prepare a biennial [an annual] |
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report with respect to the recommendations of the advisory board |
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under Subsection (a). The advisory board shall file the report with |
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the commission, the Department of Aging and Disability Services, |
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the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house |
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of representatives not later than December 15 of each even-numbered |
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year. |
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SECTION 2. Section 531.124(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) The advisory board shall biennially [annually] review |
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and comment on the minimum standards adopted under Section 111.041 |
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and the plan implemented under Subsection (a) and shall include its |
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conclusions in the report submitted under Section 531.1235. |
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SECTION 3. Section 22.005(d), Human Resources Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(d) With the approval of the comptroller, the department |
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shall establish an internal accounting system, and the department's |
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expenditures shall be allocated to the various funds according to |
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the system. [At the end of each fiscal biennium the department shall
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report to the comptroller the amount of the unencumbered balances
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in each of the department's operating funds that belongs to the
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children's assistance fund and the medical assistance fund, and
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those unencumbered balances shall be returned to the appropriate
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special fund.] |
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SECTION 4. Section 131.005, Human Resources Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 131.005. REPORTING AND ACCOUNTING SYSTEM. Each health |
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and human services agency that provides, purchases, or otherwise |
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funds transportation services for clients shall: |
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(1) comply with the standardized system of reporting |
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and accounting established by the office under Section |
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131.003(a)(3); and |
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(2) make any changes to agency data collection systems |
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that are necessary to enable the agency to comply with the |
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standardized system[; and
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[(3) not later than August 31 of each year, submit to
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the office a report relating to transportation services that
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complies with the standardized system]. |
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SECTION 5. Section 131.006, Human Resources Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 131.006. IMPLEMENTATION OF STATEWIDE COORDINATION |
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PLAN. In order to implement the statewide coordination plan |
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created by the office under Section 131.003(a)(2), the office |
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shall: |
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(1) review rules, policies, contracts, grants, and |
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funding mechanisms relating to transportation services of each |
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health and human services agency that provides, purchases, or |
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otherwise funds transportation services for clients to determine |
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whether the rules, policies, contracts, grants, and funding |
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mechanisms are consistent with the plan; and |
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(2) make recommendations for revisions to rules, |
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policies, contracts, grants, and funding mechanisms determined |
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under Subdivision (1) to be inconsistent with the plan[; and
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[(3) not later than September 30 of each even-numbered
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year, submit a report by electronic mail and by hand delivery to the
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governor, the secretary of state, the Legislative Budget Board, and
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the commissioner relating to the results of the review conducted by
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the office under this section]. |
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SECTION 6. (a) Sections 531.0243, 531.029, 531.0311, |
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531.603, 752.005, and 752.006, Government Code, are repealed. |
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(b) Subchapter G, Chapter 531, Government Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 7. Sections 533.049(b), 533.050(b), and 1001.031, |
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Health and Safety Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 8. Sections 22.0255(c), 31.0325(d), 117.031, and |
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161.031, Human Resources Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |