81R9557 CBH-D
By: King of Taylor H.B. No. 2921
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a requirement that state schools provide certain
services to persons residing in the communities in which the
schools are located.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 533, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 533.051 to read as follows:
Sec. 533.051. PROVISION OF COMMUNITY SERVICES BY STATE
SCHOOL. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a state school shall
provide to persons with mental retardation who reside in the
community in which the school is located nonresidential services
that are comparable to the services provided to residents of the
state school. The state school is required to provide the
nonresidential services only:
(1) to a person with mental retardation who would
qualify for those services if the person resided in the state
school; and
(2) if the state school is reimbursed for those
services.
(b) The nonresidential services a state school must provide
include:
(1) behavior treatment services;
(2) skills training;
(3) occupational therapy;
(4) physical therapy; and
(5) vocational training.
(c) A state school may contract with the local mental
retardation authority or a community provider for the state school
to provide the services.
(d) The executive commissioner of the Health and Human
Services Commission by rule shall prescribe appropriate charges for
the services if the state school does not receive reimbursement for
the services from a third party, including a local, state, or
federal program.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.