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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the personal needs allowance for participants in home |
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and community-based waiver programs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 32.077 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 32.077. PERSONAL NEEDS ALLOWANCE FOR PARTICIPANT IN |
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HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED WAIVER PROGRAM. The executive |
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commissioner shall adopt rules to provide that each participant in |
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a home and community-based services waiver program is entitled to |
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receive a personal needs allowance of not less than $85 of the |
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participant's monthly Supplemental Security Income (SSI) (42 |
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U.S.C. Section 1381 et seq.). |
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SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a |
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federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, |
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the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or |
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authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the |
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waiver or authorization is granted. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2018. |