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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain reports submitted and analyses conducted by |
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health and human services agencies. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 531.0274, Government |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 531.0274. COORDINATION AND APPROVAL OF CASELOAD |
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ESTIMATES[; REPORT]. |
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SECTION 2. Subsection (b), Section 531.1235, Government |
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Code, is amended 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 3. Subsection (b), Section 531.124, Government |
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Code, is amended 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 4. Subsection (d), Section 22.005, Human Resources |
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Code, is 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
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shall report to the comptroller the amount of the unencumbered
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balances in each of the department's operating funds that belongs
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to the children's assistance fund and the medical assistance fund,
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and those unencumbered balances shall be returned to the
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appropriate special fund.] |
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SECTION 5. Subsection (d), Section 33.002, Human Resources |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(d) The department shall continually monitor the expedited |
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issuance of food stamp benefits to ensure that each region in the |
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state complies with federal regulations and that those households |
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eligible for expedited issuance are identified, processed, and |
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certified within the timeframes prescribed within the federal |
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regulations. [As soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal
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year, the department shall report to the Governor's Office of
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Budget and Planning, the Legislative Budget Board, the state
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auditor, and the department's board members regarding its
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monitoring of expedited issuance and the degree of compliance with
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federal regulations on a region-by-region basis. The department
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shall notify members of the legislature and the standing committees
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of the senate and house of representatives having primary
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jurisdiction over the department of the filing of the report.] |
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SECTION 6. Section 34.006, Human Resources Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 34.006. STUDY. The Texas Workforce Commission, in |
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collaboration with local workforce development boards and the |
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appropriate standing committees of the senate and house of |
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representatives, shall: |
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(1) study methods to improve the delivery of workforce |
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services to persons residing in minimum service counties, as |
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defined by the commission; and |
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(2) develop recommendations to improve the delivery of |
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services described by Subdivision (1) [for inclusion in the report
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required by Section 34.007]. |
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SECTION 7. 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 8. 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 9. The following provisions of the Government Code |
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are repealed: |
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(1) Section 531.0243; |
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(2) Subsection (b), Section 531.0273; |
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(3) Subsections (c), (d), and (e), Section 531.0274; |
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(4) Section 531.029; |
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(5) Section 531.0311; |
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(6) Subsection (b), Section 531.056; |
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(7) Subsection (l), Section 531.070; |
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(8) Subsection (f), Section 531.110; |
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(9) Section 531.603; |
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(10) Section 752.005; |
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(11) Section 752.006; and |
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(12) Subchapter G, Chapter 531. |
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SECTION 10. The following provisions of the Health and |
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Safety Code are repealed: |
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(1) Subsection (e), Section 62.104; |
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(2) Subsections (f), (g), and (h), Section 108.0065; |
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(3) Subsection (b), Section 533.049; |
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(4) Subsection (b), Section 533.050; and |
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(5) Section 1001.031. |
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SECTION 11. The following provisions of the Human Resources |
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Code are repealed: |
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(1) Subsection (b), Section 22.025; |
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(2) Subsection (c), Section 22.0255; |
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(3) Section 31.0034; |
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(4) Subsection (d), Section 31.0325; |
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(5) Subsection (d), Section 32.048; |
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(6) Subsection (d), Section 32.055; |
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(7) Section 32.257; |
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(8) Subsection (c), Section 33.0022; |
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(9) Section 34.007; |
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(10) Section 117.031; and |
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(11) Section 161.031. |
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SECTION 12. Section 1.23, Chapter 198 (H.B. 2292), Acts of |
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the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is repealed. |
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SECTION 13. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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