83R1264 ADM-D
By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 49
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to transitional living assistance for children with
disabilities who reside in general residential operations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 531.059(a)(1), Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(1) "Institutional housing" means:
(A) an ICF-MR, as defined by Section 531.002,
Health and Safety Code;
(B) a nursing facility;
(C) a state hospital, state school, or state
center maintained and managed by the Texas Department of Mental
Health and Mental Retardation; [or]
(D) an institution for the mentally retarded
licensed or operated by the Department of Family and Protective
[and Regulatory] Services; or
(E) a general residential operation, as defined
by Section 42.002, Human Resources Code.
SECTION 2. Section 531.059, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) An individual residing in a general residential
operation is eligible for the program only if the individual is a
person with a developmental disability, as defined by Section
531.002, Health and Safety Code.
SECTION 3. 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 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2013.