By: Nelson S.B. No. 71

(In the Senate - Filed November 8, 2010; January 31, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services; March 28, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 28, 2011, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 71 By: Nelson

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to certain reports submitted and analyses conducted by health and human services agencies.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. The heading to Section 531.0274, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 531.0274. COORDINATION AND APPROVAL OF CASELOAD ESTIMATES[; REPORT].

SECTION 2. Subsection (b), Section 531.1235, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b) The advisory board shall prepare a biennial [an annual] report with respect to the recommendations of the advisory board under Subsection (a). The advisory board shall file the report with the commission, the Department of Aging and Disability Services, the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives not later than December 15 of each even-numbered year.

SECTION 3. Subsection (b), Section 531.124, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b) The advisory board shall biennially [annually] review and comment on the minimum standards adopted under Section 111.041 and the plan implemented under Subsection (a) and shall include its conclusions in the report submitted under Section 531.1235.

SECTION 4. Subsection (d), Section 22.005, Human Resources Code, is amended to read as follows:

(d) With the approval of the comptroller, the department shall establish an internal accounting system, and the department's expenditures shall be allocated to the various funds according to the system. [At the end of each fiscal biennium the department shall report to the comptroller the amount of the unencumbered balances in each of the department's operating funds that belongs to the children's assistance fund and the medical assistance fund, and those unencumbered balances shall be returned to the appropriate special fund.]

SECTION 5. Subsection (d), Section 33.002, Human Resources Code, is amended to read as follows:

(d) The department shall continually monitor the expedited issuance of food stamp benefits to ensure that each region in the state complies with federal regulations and that those households eligible for expedited issuance are identified, processed, and certified within the timeframes prescribed within the federal regulations. [As soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, the department shall report to the Governor's Office of Budget and Planning, the Legislative Budget Board, the state auditor, and the department's board members regarding its monitoring of expedited issuance and the degree of compliance with federal regulations on a region-by-region basis. The department shall notify members of the legislature and the standing committees of the senate and house of representatives having primary jurisdiction over the department of the filing of the report.]

SECTION 6. Section 34.006, Human Resources Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 34.006. STUDY. The Texas Workforce Commission, in collaboration with local workforce development boards and the appropriate standing committees of the senate and house of representatives, shall:

(1) study methods to improve the delivery of workforce services to persons residing in minimum service counties, as defined by the commission; and

(2) develop recommendations to improve the delivery of services described by Subdivision (1) [for inclusion in the report required by Section 34.007].

SECTION 7. Section 131.005, Human Resources Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 131.005. REPORTING AND ACCOUNTING SYSTEM. Each health and human services agency that provides, purchases, or otherwise funds transportation services for clients shall:

(1) comply with the standardized system of reporting and accounting established by the office under Section 131.003(a)(3); and

(2) make any changes to agency data collection systems that are necessary to enable the agency to comply with the standardized system[; and

[(3) not later than August 31 of each year, submit to the office a report relating to transportation services that complies with the standardized system].

SECTION 8. Section 131.006, Human Resources Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 131.006. IMPLEMENTATION OF STATEWIDE COORDINATION PLAN. In order to implement the statewide coordination plan created by the office under Section 131.003(a)(2), the office shall:

(1) review rules, policies, contracts, grants, and funding mechanisms relating to transportation services of each health and human services agency that provides, purchases, or otherwise funds transportation services for clients to determine whether the rules, policies, contracts, grants, and funding mechanisms are consistent with the plan; and

(2) make recommendations for revisions to rules, policies, contracts, grants, and funding mechanisms determined under Subdivision (1) to be inconsistent with the plan[; and

[(3) not later than September 30 of each even-numbered year, submit a report by electronic mail and by hand delivery to the governor, the secretary of state, the Legislative Budget Board, and the commissioner relating to the results of the review conducted by the office under this section].

SECTION 9. The following provisions of the Government Code are repealed:

(1) Section 531.0243;

(2) Subsection (b), Section 531.0273;

(3) Subsections (c), (d), and (e), Section 531.0274;

(4) Section 531.029;

(5) Section 531.0311;

(6) Subsection (b), Section 531.056;

(7) Subsection (l), Section 531.070;

(8) Subsection (f), Section 531.110;

(9) Section 531.603;

(10) Section 752.005;

(11) Section 752.006; and

(12) Subchapter G, Chapter 531.

SECTION 10. The following provisions of the Health and Safety Code are repealed:

(1) Subsection (e), Section 62.104;

(2) Subsections (f), (g), and (h), Section 108.0065;

(3) Subsection (b), Section 533.049;

(4) Subsection (b), Section 533.050; and

(5) Section 1001.031.

SECTION 11. The following provisions of the Human Resources Code are repealed:

(1) Subsection (b), Section 22.025;

(2) Subsection (c), Section 22.0255;

(3) Section 31.0034;

(4) Subsection (d), Section 31.0325;

(5) Subsection (d), Section 32.048;

(6) Subsection (d), Section 32.055;

(7) Section 32.257;

(8) Subsection (c), Section 33.0022;

(9) Section 34.007;

(10) Section 117.031; and

(11) Section 161.031.

SECTION 12. Section 1.23, Chapter 198 (H.B. 2292), Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is repealed.

SECTION 13. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.

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