By: Rose, Sherman, Sr. H.B. No. 729
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the statewide intellectual and developmental
  disability coordinating council.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 531, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subchapter M-2 to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER M-2. STATEWIDE INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL
  DISABILITY COORDINATING COUNCIL
         Sec. 531.491.  DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "council"
  means the statewide intellectual and developmental disability
  coordinating council.
         Sec. 531.492.  PURPOSE. The council is established to
  ensure this state develops a strategic approach for the provision
  of intellectual and developmental disability services in this
  state.
         Sec. 531.493.  COMPOSITION OF COUNCIL. (a) The council is
  composed of the following members: 
               (1)  subject to Subsection (b), one or more
  representatives designated by each of the following entities:
                     (A)  the Department of State Health Services;
                     (B)  the Department of Family and Protective
  Services;
                     (C)  the Texas Workforce Commission;
                     (D)  the Texas Education Agency;
                     (E)  the Texas Center for Disability Studies at
  The University of Texas at Austin;
                     (F)  the Center on Disability and Development at
  Texas A&M University; 
                     (G)  the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; and 
                     (H)  the Commission on Jail Standards; and 
               (2)  the following members appointed by the executive
  commissioner:
                     (A)  a representative of a local intellectual and
  developmental disability authority as defined by Section 531.002,
  Health and Safety Code;
                     (B)  a representative of the Governor's Committee
  on People with Disabilities;
                     (C)  a representative of the Texas Council for
  Developmental Disabilities;
                     (D)  a representative of the Arc of Texas;
                     (E)  a representative of a managed care
  organization;
                     (F)  a provider of Medicaid long-term services and
  supports;
                     (G)  an individual or family member of an
  individual with an intellectual or developmental disability
  receiving home and community-based services, including under the
  home and community-based services (HCS) waiver program;
                     (H)  an individual or family member of an
  individual with an intellectual or developmental disability
  residing in a private intermediate care facility for individuals
  with an intellectual disability licensed under Chapter 252, Health
  and Safety Code;
                     (I)  an individual or family member of an
  individual with an intellectual or developmental disability
  residing in a state supported living center, as defined by Section
  531.002, Health and Safety Code;
                     (J)  a representative of the commission's office
  of the ombudsman; 
                     (K)  representatives of the commission, with one
  representative appointed from each division of the commission with
  responsibility for:
                           (i)  Medicaid and the Children's Health
  Insurance Program services; 
                           (ii)  intellectual and developmental
  disability behavioral health services; 
                           (iii)  health and specialty care system
  employment;
                           (iv)  health, developmental, and
  independence services; and
                           (v)  access and eligibility services; 
                     (L)  a physician; and
                     (M)  any additional members as the executive
  commissioner determines appropriate who are recognized experts
  serving individuals with intellectual and developmental
  disabilities or who represent the interests of individuals with
  intellectual and developmental disabilities.
         (b)  The executive commissioner shall determine the number
  of representatives that each entity may designate under Subsection
  (a)(1) to serve on the council.
         (c)  The council may authorize another state agency or
  institution that provides specific intellectual and developmental
  disability services with the use of money appropriated by this
  state to designate a representative to the council.
         (d)  A council member serves at the pleasure of the
  designating entity.
         (e)  Chapter 2110 does not apply to the composition of the
  council.
         Sec. 531.494.  PRESIDING OFFICER; TERMS; VACANCY. (a) The
  executive commissioner shall designate a member of the council to
  serve as the presiding officer.
         (b)  Council members serve three-year terms.
         (c)  The appropriate authority shall fill a vacancy on the
  council in the same manner as the original designation or
  appointment.
         (d)  A council member designated or appointed to fill a
  vacancy holds the office for the unexpired portion of the term.
         Sec. 531.495. MEETINGS. The council shall meet at least once
  quarterly or more frequently at the call of the presiding officer.
         Sec. 531.496.  DUTIES. The council:
               (1)  shall, in accordance with Section 531.497:
                     (A)  develop a recurring five-year statewide
  intellectual and developmental disability strategic plan and
  monitor the implementation of the plan; and
                     (B)  submit the strategic plan to the executive
  commissioner and the administrative head of each agency subject to
  the plan;
               (2)  shall develop and, not later than November 1 of
  each even-numbered year, submit to the legislature a biennial
  coordinated statewide intellectual and developmental disability
  expenditure proposal;
               (3)  shall annually publish an updated inventory of
  state-funded intellectual and developmental disability programs
  and services that includes:
                     (A)  a description of the manner in which those
  programs and services further the purpose of the statewide
  intellectual and developmental disability strategic plan; and
                     (B)  an estimate of the number of individuals
  waiting for or interested in receiving those programs and services;
  and
               (4)  may facilitate opportunities to increase
  collaboration for the effective expenditure of available federal
  and state funds for intellectual and developmental disability
  services in this state.
         Sec. 531.497.  RECURRING FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN AND
  RELATED IMPLEMENTATION PLANS. (a) Not later than March 1 of the
  last state fiscal year in each five-year period covered by the most
  recent strategic plan required under Section 531.496(1), the
  council shall:
               (1)  develop a new strategic plan for the next five
  state fiscal years that begins with the following fiscal year; and
               (2)  submit the new strategic plan to the executive
  commissioner and the administrative head of each agency subject to
  the strategic plan.
         (b)  Not later than the 90th day after receiving the
  strategic plan required under Section 531.496(1), the executive
  commissioner and the administrative head of each agency that is
  subject to the plan shall develop and submit to the governor, the
  lieutenant governor, and the legislature a plan for implementing
  the recommendations applicable to the agency under the strategic
  plan. An implementation plan must include a justification for any
  recommendation the commission or other agency declines to
  implement.
         Sec. 531.498.  APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT. The council is
  subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). The council shall be
  reviewed during the period in which the commission is reviewed
  under Section 531.004. Unless continued in existence as provided by
  Chapter 325, the council is abolished and this subchapter expires
  on the date on which the commission is subject to abolishment under
  that section.
         SECTION 2.  (a) Not later than January 31, 2024, the
  appropriate authorities shall designate or appoint, as applicable,
  members to the statewide intellectual and developmental disability
  coordinating council as required by Section 531.493(a), Government
  Code, as added by this Act.
         (b) Not later than March 1, 2024, the statewide intellectual
  and developmental disability coordinating council established
  under Subchapter M-2, Chapter 531, Government Code, as added by
  this Act, shall hold the council's initial meeting.
         (c)  Not later than March 1, 2025, the statewide intellectual
  and developmental disability coordinating council shall prepare
  the initial strategic plan required by Section 531.496(1),
  Government Code, as added by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2023.