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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to developing the proposed plan on long-term care for |
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persons with an intellectual disability. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 533A.062, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) As part of the proposed plan, the commission shall |
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review the statewide bed capacity of community ICF-IID facilities |
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for individuals with an intellectual disability or a related |
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condition and, based on the review, develop a process to reallocate |
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beds held in suspension by the commission. The process may include: |
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(1) criteria by which ICF-IID program providers may |
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apply to the commission to receive reallocated beds; and |
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(2) a means to reallocate the beds among health |
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services regions. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |