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1	1	83R2663 ADM-D
2	2	By: Zerwas H.B. No. 1098
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to family cost share provisions in the early childhood
8	8	intervention program.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 117, Human Resources Code,
11	11	is amended by adding Sections 117.077 and 117.078 to read as
12	12	follows:
13	13	Sec. 117.077. DATA ANALYSIS IN FAMILY COST SHARE PROVISIONS
14	14	IN EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION PROGRAM. (a) In this section,
15	15	"cost-effective" means the family cost share revenue generated is
16	16	greater than total administrative costs.
17	17	(b) The department shall collect data, including data on
18	18	administrative costs and adjusted family income, sufficient to
19	19	evaluate:
20	20	(1) the cost-effectiveness of the family cost share
21	21	provisions of the early childhood intervention program; and
22	22	(2) changes necessary to improve the
23	23	cost-effectiveness of the program.
24	24	(c) The department shall:
25	25	(1) as necessary, modify the Texas Kids Intervention
26	26	Data System to accept adjusted family income data submitted by
27	27	early childhood intervention program providers; and
28	28	(2) require all providers to enter adjusted family
29	29	income data into the system.
30	30	(d) The department shall use the data collected under this
31	31	section to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of existing family cost
32	32	share provisions in the early childhood intervention program and
33	33	consider changes that may improve the cost-effectiveness of the
34	34	program, including the adoption of a family cost share provision
35	35	described by Section 117.078(a).
36	36	(e) The department shall implement any changes considered
37	37	under Subsection (d) that the department determines will make the
38	38	early childhood intervention program more cost-effective. If none
39	39	of the considered changes is determined to make the program more
40	40	cost-effective, the department may decline to implement the
41	41	changes.
42	42	(f) The department shall evaluate existing family cost
43	43	share provisions and consider and implement changes, if
44	44	appropriate, to the early childhood intervention program as
45	45	required by this section:
46	46	(1) on a periodic basis established by the department;
47	47	and
48	48	(2) at other times at the request of the Legislative
49	49	Budget Board.
50	50	(g) Not later than December 1, 2014, the department shall:
51	51	(1) conduct the initial evaluation required under
52	52	Subsection (d) and implement any changes as required by Subsection
53	53	(e) resulting from that evaluation; and
54	54	(2) submit a report to the governor and the
55	55	Legislative Budget Board summarizing the results of the initial
56	56	evaluation and explaining any changes that were implemented.
57	57	(h) This subsection and Subsection (g) expire September 1,
58	58	2015.
59	59	Sec. 117.078. FAMILY COST SHARE PROVISION IN EARLY
60	60	CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION PROGRAM. (a) The department shall consider
61	61	implementing a family cost share provision under which the amount a
62	62	family pays to participate in the early childhood intervention
63	63	program is based on the amount of service the family receives under
64	64	the program.
65	65	(b) A family cost share provision implemented by the
66	66	department under Subsection (a) must establish a maximum amount to
67	67	be paid by a family participating in the early childhood
68	68	intervention program that is based on the family's size and
69	69	adjusted gross income, with families in higher income brackets
70	70	required to pay more under the provision than those families paid
71	71	before the provision's implementation.
72	72	SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act
73	73	a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
74	74	federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
75	75	the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
76	76	authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
77	77	waiver or authorization is granted.
78	78	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.