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| 1 | 1 | 81R11522 ALB-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Rose H.B. No. 4160 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to health and human services programs designed to assist | |
| 8 | 8 | elderly individuals. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. The Health and Human Services Commission shall | |
| 11 | 11 | develop recommendations and implement policies designed to assist | |
| 12 | 12 | elderly individuals in the community, including: | |
| 13 | 13 | (1) reducing interest lists for community-based | |
| 14 | 14 | Medicaid waiver programs; | |
| 15 | 15 | (2) exploring strategies to support informal | |
| 16 | 16 | caregivers, including the provision of respite services; | |
| 17 | 17 | (3) streamlining the licensing, casework, and | |
| 18 | 18 | reporting requirements for community care providers; | |
| 19 | 19 | (4) supporting community-based and volunteer-driven | |
| 20 | 20 | initiatives to provide elderly individuals with services in the | |
| 21 | 21 | individuals' homes; and | |
| 22 | 22 | (5) supporting initiatives intended to help prevent | |
| 23 | 23 | accidents in the home that hasten the need for facility-based care, | |
| 24 | 24 | including fall prevention initiatives. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 26 | 26 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 27 | 27 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 28 | 28 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 29 | 29 | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |