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1	1	By: Darby (Senate Sponsor - Nelson) H.B. No. 1760
2	2	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 22, 2013;
3	3	April 24, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
4	4	and Human Services; May 9, 2013, reported favorably by the
5	5	following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 9, 2013, sent to printer.)
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8	8	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
9	9	AN ACT
10	10	relating to the provision of services to certain individuals with
11	11	developmental disabilities by a state supported living center.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Section 161.080, Human Resources Code, is
14	14	amended to read as follows:
15	15	Sec. 161.080. CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH
16	16	DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. (a) A person that provides
17	17	[disability] services to individuals with developmental
18	18	disabilities may contract with a state supported living [school or
19	19	state] center for the [school or] center to provide services and
20	20	resources to support those individuals [with developmental
21	21	disabilities, including individuals with dual diagnosis
22	22	disorders].
23	23	(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a state supported living
24	24	[school or state] center may provide nonresidential services to
25	25	support an individual if:
26	26	(1) the individual:
27	27	(A) is receiving services in a program funded by
28	28	the department;
29	29	(B) meets the eligibility criteria for the
30	30	intermediate care facility for persons with intellectual
31	31	disabilities [mental retardation] program; and
32	32	(C) resides in the area in which the state
33	33	supported living [school or state] center is located; and
34	34	(2) the provision of services to the individual does
35	35	not interfere with the provision of services to a resident of the
36	36	state supported living [school or state] center.
37	37	SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 161, Human Resources Code,
38	38	is amended by adding Section 161.087 to read as follows:
39	39	Sec. 161.087. GIFTS AND GRANTS. (a) The department may
40	40	accept gifts and grants of money, personal property, and real
41	41	property from public or private sources to expand and improve the
42	42	human services programs for the aging and disabled available in
43	43	this state.
44	44	(b) The department shall use a gift or grant of money,
45	45	personal property, or real property made for a specific purpose in
46	46	accordance with the purpose expressly prescribed by the donor. The
47	47	department may decline the gift or grant if the department
48	48	determines that it cannot be economically used for that purpose.
49	49	(c) The department shall keep a record of each gift or grant
50	50	in the department's central office in the city of Austin.
51	51	SECTION 3. Sections 22.001(f) and 101.026, Human Resources
52	52	Code, are repealed.
53	53	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
54	54	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
55	55	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
56	56	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
57	57	Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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