Amend CSSB 7 on page 8, between lines 11 and 12, by inserting the following:
Sec. 534.055. REPORT ON ROLE OF LOCAL INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AUTHORITIES AS SERVICE PROVIDERS. (a) The commission and department shall submit a report to the legislature not later than December 1, 2014, that includes the following information:
(1) the percentage of services provided by each local intellectual and developmental disability authority to individuals receiving ICF-IID or Medicaid waiver program services, compared to the percentage of those services provided by private providers;
(2) the types of evidence provided by local intellectual and developmental disability authorities to the department to demonstrate the lack of available private providers in areas of the state where local authorities provide services to more than 40 percent of the Texas home living (TxHmL) waiver program clients or 20 percent of the home and community-based services (HCS) waiver program clients;
(3) the types and amounts of services received by clients from local intellectual and developmental disability authorities compared to the types and amounts of services received by clients from private providers;
(4) the provider capacity of each local intellectual and developmental disability authority as determined under Section 533.0355(d), Health and Safety Code;
(5) the number of individuals served above or below the applicable provider capacity by each local intellectual and developmental disability authority; and
(6) if a local intellectual and developmental disability authority is serving clients over the authority's provider capacity, the length of time the local authority has served clients above their approved provider capacity.
(b) This section expires September 1, 2015.