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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to home-delivered meal services under the Options for |
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Independent Living program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 101A.151, Human Resources Code, is |
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amended by adding Subdivision (2-a) to read as follows: |
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(2-a) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services |
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Commission. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 101A, Human Resources |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 101A.1541 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 101A.1541. HOME-DELIVERED MEAL SERVICES: EVALUATION |
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AND MONITORING. (a) On a quarterly basis the commission shall |
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evaluate the use of home-delivered meal services under the Options |
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for Independent Living program by collecting data from all local |
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area agencies on aging to determine: |
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(1) the number of: |
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(A) home-delivered meals requested under the |
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program; |
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(B) requests for home-delivered meals that are |
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approved and denied under the program; and |
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(C) home-delivered meals that are delivered to |
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individuals under the program; and |
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(2) statewide trends related to the provision of |
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home-delivered meals under the program and the reasons for those |
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trends. |
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(b) The commission shall continually monitor the use of |
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home-delivered meal services under the Options for Independent |
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Living program, including statewide trends related to the use of |
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those services, and make any necessary actions to improve the |
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provision of those services. |
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(c) Not later than December 1 of each year, the commission |
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shall: |
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(1) submit a report containing the results of the |
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evaluations performed under Subsection (a) and recommendations for |
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improving the use of home-delivered meals under the Options for |
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Independent Living program to the governor, the lieutenant |
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governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the |
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standing committees of the legislature having primary jurisdiction |
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over health and human services; and |
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(2) post the report on the commission's Internet |
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website. |
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SECTION 3. Not later than December 1, 2021, the Health and |
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Human Services Commission shall submit the report required by |
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Section 101A.1541(c), Human Resources Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |