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1	1	By: Nelson S.B. No. 1060
2	2	(Zerwas)
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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	family cost share provisions of the early childhood intervention
39	39	program more cost-effective, if the changes will not make access to
40	40	early childhood intervention services cost prohibitive for
41	41	families. If none of the considered changes is determined to make
42	42	the program more cost-effective, or if the department determines
43	43	that the changes will make access to early childhood intervention
44	44	services cost prohibitive for families, the department may decline
45	45	to implement the changes.
46	46	(f) The department shall evaluate existing family cost
47	47	share provisions and consider and implement changes, if
48	48	appropriate, to the early childhood intervention program as
49	49	required by this section:
50	50	(1) on a periodic basis established by the department;
51	51	and
52	52	(2) at other times at the request of the Legislative
53	53	Budget Board.
54	54	(g) Not later than December 1, 2014, the department shall:
55	55	(1) conduct the initial evaluation required under
56	56	Subsection (d) and implement any changes as required by Subsection
57	57	(e) resulting from that evaluation; and
58	58	(2) submit a report to the governor and the
59	59	Legislative Budget Board summarizing the results of the initial
60	60	evaluation and explaining any changes that were implemented.
61	61	(h) This subsection and Subsection (g) expire September 1,
62	62	2015.
63	63	Sec. 117.078. FAMILY COST SHARE PROVISION IN EARLY
64	64	CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION PROGRAM. (a) The department shall
65	65	consider implementing a family cost share provision under which the
66	66	amount a family pays to participate in the early childhood
67	67	intervention program is based on the amount of service the family
68	68	receives under the program.
69	69	(b) A family cost share provision implemented by the
70	70	department under Subsection (a) must establish a maximum amount to
71	71	be paid by a family participating in the early childhood
72	72	intervention program that is based on the family's size and
73	73	adjusted gross income, with families in higher income brackets
74	74	required to pay more under the provision than those families paid
75	75	before the provision's implementation.
76	76	SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act
77	77	a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
78	78	federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
79	79	the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
80	80	authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
81	81	waiver or authorization is granted.
82	82	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.