SB 204, Hse 2nd Rdg, Amnd #5

Sec. 555.2035. STUDY OF FORMER RESIDENTS OF AUSTIN STATE SUPPORTED LIVING CENTER; REPORTS. (a) For each former resident relocated following the closure of the Austin State Supported Living Center, the department shall assess quarterly the health and well-being of the former resident, including whether the former resident has appropriate access to health and dental care.

(b) The department shall prepare quarterly a written report about each former resident of the Austin State Supported Living Center that contains the assessment of the former resident conducted under Subsection (a) and includes details concerning any reports of neglect, abuse, or death of the former resident. The department shall prepare the initial quarterly written reports about each former resident of the Austin State Supported Living Center, as required by this subsection, not later than three months after the date of the closure of that center. The department shall prepare the subsequent quarterly reports following the expiration of each three-month period following the date the initial quarterly written reports are produced.

(c) The department annually shall aggregate information contained in the four quarterly reports prepared for the preceding 12-month period in an annual report and submit that annual report to the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the presiding officers of the standing committees of the senate and house of representatives having primary jurisdiction over intellectual and developmental disability issues, and the standing committees of the senate and house of representatives having primary jurisdiction over state finance issues. The department shall prepare and submit the initial annual report under this subsection not later than 12 months after the date of the closure of the Austin State Supported Living Center, and shall produce subsequent annual reports not later than the anniversary of that date each year.