S.B. No. 1060
AN ACT
relating to family cost share provisions in the early childhood
intervention program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 117, Human Resources Code,
is amended by adding Sections 117.077 and 117.078 to read as
follows:
Sec. 117.077. DATA ANALYSIS IN FAMILY COST SHARE PROVISIONS
IN EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION PROGRAM. (a) In this section,
"cost-effective" means the family cost share revenue generated is
greater than total administrative costs.
(b) The department shall collect data, including data on
administrative costs and adjusted family income, sufficient to
evaluate:
(1) the cost-effectiveness of the family cost share
provisions of the early childhood intervention program; and
(2) changes necessary to improve the
cost-effectiveness of the program.
(c) The department shall:
(1) as necessary, modify the Texas Kids Intervention
Data System to accept adjusted family income data submitted by
early childhood intervention program providers; and
(2) require all providers to enter adjusted family
income data into the system.
(d) The department shall use the data collected under this
section to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of existing family cost
share provisions in the early childhood intervention program and
consider changes that may improve the cost-effectiveness of the
program, including the adoption of a family cost share provision
described by Section 117.078(a).
(e) The department shall implement any changes considered
under Subsection (d) that the department determines will make the
family cost share provisions of the early childhood intervention
program more cost-effective, if the changes will not make access to
early childhood intervention services cost prohibitive for
families. If none of the considered changes is determined to make
the program more cost-effective, or if the department determines
that the changes will make access to early childhood intervention
services cost prohibitive for families, the department may decline
to implement the changes.
(f) The department shall evaluate existing family cost
share provisions and consider and implement changes, if
appropriate, to the early childhood intervention program as
required by this section:
(1) on a periodic basis established by the department;
and
(2) at other times at the request of the Legislative
Budget Board.
(g) Not later than December 1, 2014, the department shall:
(1) conduct the initial evaluation required under
Subsection (d) and implement any changes as required by Subsection
(e) resulting from that evaluation; and
(2) submit a report to the governor and the
Legislative Budget Board summarizing the results of the initial
evaluation and explaining any changes that were implemented.
(h) This subsection and Subsection (g) expire September 1,
2015.
Sec. 117.078. FAMILY COST SHARE PROVISION IN EARLY
CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION PROGRAM. (a) The department shall
consider implementing a family cost share provision under which the
amount a family pays to participate in the early childhood
intervention program is based on the amount of service the family
receives under the program.
(b) A family cost share provision implemented by the
department under Subsection (a) must establish a maximum amount to
be paid by a family participating in the early childhood
intervention program that is based on the family's size and
adjusted gross income, with families in higher income brackets
required to pay more under the provision than those families paid
before the provision's implementation.
SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act
a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
waiver or authorization is granted.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1060 passed the Senate on
March 27, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1060 passed the House on
May 14, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, two
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor