The bill would amend Government Code Chapter 531 to establish the statewide interagency aging services coordinating council (the Council). The bill would require at least one representative from certain groups, organizations, and agencies to serve on the Council and would require the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to determine the number of representatives from each group, organization, and agency. The bill would require The Aging Coordination Office at HHSC to serve as presiding officer of the Council. Among other duties, the Council would be required to submit a five year strategic plan to the executive commissioner of HHSC.
The bill would take effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house. Otherwise, the bill would take effect September 1, 2021.
The Governor's Office, the Office of the Attorney General, the Texas Workforce Commission, the Texas Veterans Commission, the Department of Family and Protective Services, the Department of State Health Services, the Texas Department of Agriculture, Texas A&M University and the University of Texas
indicate any cost to implement provisions of the bill would be minimal and could be absorbed within available resources.
It is assumed any cost for HHSC to implement provisions of the bill would be minimal and could be absorbed within available resources.
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.