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1	1	S.B. No. 1878
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to the creation and operation of a council to increase
6	6	state efforts to offer service-enriched housing through increased
7	7	coordination of housing and health services.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Chapter 2306, Government Code, is amended by
10	10	adding Subchapter NN to read as follows:
11	11	SUBCHAPTER NN. HOUSING AND HEALTH SERVICES COORDINATION COUNCIL
12	12	Sec. 2306.1091. DEFINITIONS. (a) In this subchapter,
13	13	"council" means the housing and health services coordination
14	14	council.
15	15	(b) With the advice and assistance of the council, the
16	16	department by rule shall define "service-enriched housing" for the
17	17	purposes of this subchapter.
18	18	Sec. 2306.1092. COMPOSITION. (a) The department shall
19	19	establish a housing and health services coordination council.
20	20	(b) The council is composed of 16 members consisting of:
21	21	(1) the director;
22	22	(2) one representative from each of the following
23	23	agencies, appointed by the head of that agency:
24	24	(A) the Office of Rural Community Affairs;
25	25	(B) the Texas State Affordable Housing
26	26	Corporation;
27	27	(C) the Health and Human Services Commission;
28	28	(D) the Department of Assistive and
29	29	Rehabilitative Services;
30	30	(E) the Department of Aging and Disability
31	31	Services; and
32	32	(F) the Department of State Health Services;
33	33	(3) one representative from the Department of
34	34	Agriculture who is:
35	35	(A) knowledgeable about the Texans Feeding
36	36	Texans and Retire in Texas programs or similar programs; and
37	37	(B) appointed by the head of that agency;
38	38	(4) one member who is:
39	39	(A) a member of the Health and Human Services
40	40	Commission Promoting Independence Advisory Committee; and
41	41	(B) appointed by the governor; and
42	42	(5) one representative from each of the following
43	43	interest groups, appointed by the governor:
44	44	(A) financial institutions;
45	45	(B) multifamily housing developers;
46	46	(C) health services entities;
47	47	(D) nonprofit organizations that advocate for
48	48	affordable housing and consumer-directed long-term services and
49	49	support;
50	50	(E) consumers of service-enriched housing;
51	51	(F) advocates for minority issues; and
52	52	(G) rural communities.
53	53	(c) A member of the council appointed under Subsection
54	54	(b)(2) must have, subject to the approval of the head of the agency,
55	55	authority to make decisions for and commit resources of the agency
56	56	that the member represents and must have:
57	57	(1) administrative responsibility for agency programs
58	58	for older adults or persons with disabilities;
59	59	(2) knowledge or experience regarding the
60	60	implementation of projects that coordinate integrated housing and
61	61	health services; or
62	62	(3) knowledge or experience regarding services used by
63	63	older adults or persons with disabilities.
64	64	(d) The director serves as the presiding officer of the
65	65	council.
66	66	Sec. 2306.1093. TERMS. (a) A member of the council who
67	67	represents a state agency serves at the pleasure of the head of that
68	68	agency.
69	69	(b) Members of the council who are appointed by the governor
70	70	serve staggered six-year terms, with the terms of two or three
71	71	members expiring on September 1 of each odd-numbered year.
72	72	Sec. 2306.1094. OPERATION OF COUNCIL. (a) The council
73	73	shall meet at least quarterly.
74	74	(b) The department shall provide clerical and advisory
75	75	support staff to the council.
76	76	(c) Except as provided by Section 2306.1095, Chapter 2110
77	77	does not apply to the size, composition, or duration of the council.
78	78	Sec. 2306.1095. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT. (a) A
79	79	member of the council who is appointed by the governor may not
80	80	receive compensation for service on the council. The member may
81	81	receive reimbursement from the department for actual and necessary
82	82	expenses incurred in performing council functions as provided by
83	83	Section 2110.004.
84	84	(b) A member of the council who is not appointed by the
85	85	governor may not receive compensation for service on the council or
86	86	reimbursement for expenses incurred in performing council
87	87	functions.
88	88	Sec. 2306.1096. DUTIES; BIENNIAL REPORT. (a) The council
89	89	shall:
90	90	(1) develop and implement policies to coordinate and
91	91	increase state efforts to offer service-enriched housing;
92	92	(2) identify barriers preventing or slowing
93	93	service-enriched housing efforts, including barriers attributable
94	94	to the following factors:
95	95	(A) regulatory requirements and limitations;
96	96	(B) administrative limitations;
97	97	(C) limitations on funding; and
98	98	(D) ineffective or limited coordination;
99	99	(3) develop a system to cross-educate selected staff
100	100	in state housing and health services agencies to increase the
101	101	number of staff with expertise in both areas and to coordinate
102	102	relevant staff activities of those agencies;
103	103	(4) identify opportunities for state housing and
104	104	health services agencies to provide technical assistance and
105	105	training to local housing and health services entities about:
106	106	(A) the cross-education of staff;
107	107	(B) coordination among those entities; and
108	108	(C) opportunities to increase local efforts to
109	109	create service-enriched housing; and
110	110	(5) develop suggested performance measures to track
111	111	progress in:
112	112	(A) the reduction or elimination of barriers in
113	113	creating service-enriched housing;
114	114	(B) increasing the coordination between state
115	115	housing and health services agencies;
116	116	(C) increasing the number of state housing and
117	117	health services staff who are cross-educated or who have expertise
118	118	in both housing and health services programs; and
119	119	(D) the provision of technical assistance to
120	120	local communities by state housing and health services staff to
121	121	increase the number of service-enriched housing projects.
122	122	(b) The council shall develop a biennial plan to implement
123	123	the goals described by Subsection (a).
124	124	(c) Not later than August 1 of each even-numbered year, the
125	125	council shall deliver a report of the council's findings and
126	126	recommendations to the governor and the Legislative Budget Board.
127	127	Sec. 2306.1097. GIFTS AND GRANTS. The council may solicit
128	128	and accept gifts, grants, and donations for the purposes of this
129	129	subchapter.
130	130	Sec. 2306.1098. DUTIES OF EMPLOYEES PROVIDING ADVISORY
131	131	SUPPORT TO COUNCIL. Department employees assigned to provide
132	132	advisory support to the council shall:
133	133	(1) identify sources of funding from this state and
134	134	the federal government that may be used to provide integrated
135	135	housing and health services;
136	136	(2) determine the requirements and application
137	137	guidelines to obtain those funds;
138	138	(3) provide training materials that assist the
139	139	development and financing of a service-enriched housing project;
140	140	(4) provide information regarding:
141	141	(A) effective methods to collaborate with
142	142	governmental entities, service providers, and financial
143	143	institutions; and
144	144	(B) the use of layered financing to provide and
145	145	finance service-enriched housing;
146	146	(5) create a financial feasibility model that assists
147	147	in making a preliminary determination of the financial viability of
148	148	proposed service-enriched housing projects, including models that
149	149	allow a person to analyze multiuse projects that facilitate the
150	150	development of projects that will:
151	151	(A) address the needs of communities with
152	152	different populations; and
153	153	(B) achieve economies of scale required to make
154	154	the projects financially viable;
155	155	(6) facilitate communication between state agencies,
156	156	sources of funding, service providers, and other entities to reduce
157	157	or eliminate barriers to service-enriched housing projects;
158	158	(7) provide training about local, state, and federal
159	159	funding sources and the requirements for those sources;
160	160	(8) develop a database to identify, describe, monitor,
161	161	and track the progress of all service-enriched housing projects
162	162	developed in this state with state or federal financial assistance;
163	163	(9) conduct a biennial evaluation and include in the
164	164	council's report to the governor and the Legislative Budget Board
165	165	under Section 2306.1096 information regarding:
166	166	(A) the capacity of statewide long-term care
167	167	providers; and
168	168	(B) interest by housing developers in investing
169	169	in service-enriched housing;
170	170	(10) to increase the consistency in housing
171	171	regulations, recommend changes to home and community-based
172	172	Medicaid waivers that are up for renewal;
173	173	(11) research best practices with respect to
174	174	service-enriched housing projects subsidized by other states; and
175	175	(12) create and maintain a clearinghouse of
176	176	information that contains tools and resources for entities seeking
177	177	to create or finance service-enriched housing projects.
178	178	SECTION 2. (a) As soon as possible after the effective
179	179	date of this Act, the governor and the heads of the applicable state
180	180	agencies shall appoint members to the housing and health services
181	181	coordination council in accordance with Subchapter NN, Chapter
182	182	2306, Government Code, as added by this Act.
183	183	(b) In making initial appointments to the housing and health
184	184	services coordination council, the governor shall appoint two
185	185	members to serve a term expiring September 1, 2011, three members to
186	186	serve a term expiring September 1, 2013, and three members to serve
187	187	a term expiring September 1, 2015.
188	188	SECTION 3. Not later than September 1, 2010, the housing and
189	189	health services coordination council shall submit the first report
190	190	of the council's findings and recommendations as required by
191	191	Subchapter NN, Chapter 2306, Government Code, as added by this Act.
192	192	SECTION 4. This Act does not make an appropriation. A
193	193	provision in this Act that creates a new governmental program,
194	194	creates a new entitlement, or imposes a new duty on a governmental
195	195	entity is not mandatory during a fiscal period for which the
196	196	legislature has not made a specific appropriation to implement the
197	197	provision.
198	198	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
199	199	______________________________ ______________________________
200	200	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
201	201	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1878 passed the Senate on
202	202	April 22, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that
203	203	the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 29, 2009, by the
204	204	following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
205	205	______________________________
206	206	Secretary of the Senate
207	207	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1878 passed the House, with
208	208	amendment, on May 18, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 89,
209	209	Nays 51, one present not voting.
210	210	______________________________
211	211	Chief Clerk of the House
212	212	Approved:
213	213	______________________________
214	214	Date
215	215	______________________________
216	216	Governor