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1	1	By: Kolkhorst, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Deuell) H.B. No. 1965
2	2	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 20, 2011;
3	3	April 26, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
4	4	and Human Services; May 11, 2011, reported favorably by the
5	5	following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 11, 2011, sent to printer.)
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8	8	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
9	9	AN ACT
10	10	relating to the expansion of faith- and community-based health and
11	11	human services initiatives.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Section 535.051, Government Code, is amended by
14	14	amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
15	15	follows:
16	16	(b) The chief administrative officer of each of the
17	17	following state agencies, in consultation with the governor, shall
18	18	designate one employee from the agency to serve as a liaison for
19	19	faith- and community-based organizations:
20	20	(1) the Texas Department [Office] of Rural [Community]
21	21	Affairs;
22	22	(2) the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality;
23	23	(3) the Texas Department of Criminal Justice;
24	24	(4) the Texas Department of Housing and Community
25	25	Affairs;
26	26	(5) the Texas Education Agency;
27	27	(6) the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission;
28	28	(7) the Texas Veterans Commission;
29	29	(8) the Texas Workforce Commission;
30	30	(9) the Texas Youth Commission;
31	31	(10) the office of the governor;
32	32	(11) the Department of Public Safety;
33	33	(12) the Texas Department of Insurance;
34	34	(13) the Public Utility Commission of Texas;
35	35	(14) the office of the attorney general;
36	36	(15) the Department of Agriculture;
37	37	(16) the office of the comptroller;
38	38	(17) the Department of Information Resources;
39	39	(18) the Office of State-Federal Relations;
40	40	(19) the office of the secretary of state; and
41	41	(20) [(10)] other state agencies as determined by the
42	42	governor.
43	43	(c) The commissioner of higher education, in consultation
44	44	with the presiding officer of the interagency coordinating group,
45	45	shall designate one employee from an institution of higher
46	46	education, as that term is defined under Section 61.003, Education
47	47	Code, to serve as a liaison for faith- and community-based
48	48	organizations.
49	49	SECTION 2. Sections 535.053(a) and (b), Government Code,
50	50	are amended to read as follows:
51	51	(a) The interagency coordinating group for faith- and
52	52	community-based initiatives is composed of each faith- and
53	53	community-based liaison designated under Section 535.051 and a
54	54	liaison from the State Commission on National and Community
55	55	Service. The commission shall provide administrative support to
56	56	the interagency coordinating group.
57	57	(b) The liaison from the State Commission on National and
58	58	Community Service [commission employee designated as a liaison
59	59	under Section 535.051] is the presiding officer of the interagency
60	60	coordinating group. If the State Commission on National and
61	61	Community Service is abolished, the liaison from the governor's
62	62	office is the presiding officer of the interagency coordinating
63	63	group.
64	64	SECTION 3. Section 535.054, Government Code, is amended to
65	65	read as follows:
66	66	Sec. 535.054. REPORT [REPORTS]. (a) Not later than
67	67	December 1 of each year, the interagency coordinating group shall
68	68	submit a report to the legislature that describes in detail the
69	69	activities, goals, and progress of the interagency coordinating
70	70	group. [A liaison designated under Section 535.051 shall:
71	71	[(1) provide periodic reports to the executive
72	72	commissioner or other chief executive officer who designated the
73	73	liaison, as applicable, on a schedule determined by the person who
74	74	designated the liaison; and
75	75	[(2) report annually to the governor's office of
76	76	faith- and community-based initiatives and as necessary to the
77	77	State Commission on National and Community Service regarding the
78	78	liaison's efforts to comply with the duties imposed under Sections
79	79	535.052 and 535.053.]
80	80	(b) The [Each] report made under Subsection (a) [(a)(2)]
81	81	must be made available to the public through posting on the office
82	82	of the governor's Internet website[, and the reports may be
83	83	aggregated into a single report for that purpose].
84	84	SECTION 4. Subchapter B, Chapter 535, Government Code, is
85	85	amended by adding Section 535.055 to read as follows:
86	86	Sec. 535.055. TASK FORCE ON IMPROVING RELATIONS WITH
87	87	NONPROFITS. (a) The interagency coordinating group task force is
88	88	established to help direct the interagency coordinating group in
89	89	carrying out the group's duties under this section. The commission
90	90	shall provide administrative support to the task force.
91	91	(b) The executive commissioner, in consultation with the
92	92	presiding officer of the interagency coordinating group, shall
93	93	appoint as members of the task force one representative from each of
94	94	the following groups and entities:
95	95	(1) a statewide nonprofit organization;
96	96	(2) local governments;
97	97	(3) faith-based groups;
98	98	(4) community-based groups;
99	99	(5) consultants to nonprofit corporations;
100	100	(6) experts in grant writing; and
101	101	(7) a statewide association of nonprofit
102	102	organizations.
103	103	(c) In addition to the interagency coordinating group's
104	104	other duties, the interagency coordinating group, in coordination
105	105	with the task force, shall:
106	106	(1) develop and implement a plan for improving
107	107	contracting relationships between state agencies and faith- and
108	108	community-based organizations;
109	109	(2) develop best practices for cooperating and
110	110	collaborating with faith- and community-based organizations;
111	111	(3) identify and address duplication of services
112	112	provided by the state and faith- and community-based organizations;
113	113	and
114	114	(4) identify and address gaps in state services that
115	115	faith- and community-based organizations could fill.
116	116	(d) The task force shall prepare a report describing actions
117	117	taken or not taken by the interagency coordinating group under this
118	118	section and include in the report any recommendations relating to
119	119	legislation necessary to address an issue identified by the group
120	120	under this section. The task force shall present the report to the
121	121	House Committee on Human Services or its successor, the House
122	122	Committee on Public Health or its successor, and the Senate Health
123	123	and Human Services Committee or its successor not later than
124	124	September 1, 2012.
125	125	(e) This section expires September 1, 2013.
126	126	SECTION 5. Not later than October 1, 2011, the executive
127	127	commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall
128	128	appoint members to the interagency coordinating group task force in
129	129	accordance with Section 535.055, Government Code, as added by this
130	130	Act.
131	131	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
132	132	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
133	133	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
134	134	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
135	135	Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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