Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

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1		-	By: Raymond, Price, Naishtat H.B. No. 1678
2		-	(Senate Sponsor - Schwertner)
3		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 13, 2015;
4		-	April 21, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
5		-	and Human Services; May 6, 2015, reported favorably by the
6		-	following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 6, 2015, sent to printer.)
7		-	Click here to see the committee vote
	1	+	H.B. No. 1678
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10		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
11	4		AN ACT
12	5		relating to the continuation and functions of the Governor's
13	6		Committee on People with Disabilities.
14	7		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
15	8		SECTION 1. Section 115.005, Human Resources Code, is
16	9		amended to read as follows:
17	10		Sec. 115.005. SUNSET PROVISION. The Governor's Committee
18	11		on People with Disabilities is subject to Chapter 325, Government
19	12		Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided
20	13		by that chapter, the committee is abolished and this chapter
21	14		expires September 1, 2027 [2015].
22	15		SECTION 2. Section 115.009, Human Resources Code, as
23	16		amended by S.B. No. 219, Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular
24	17		Session, 2015, is amended to read as follows:
25	18		Sec. 115.009. FUNCTIONS. The committee shall:
26	19		(1) serve as a central source of information and
27	20		education on the abilities, rights, problems, and needs of persons
28	21		with disabilities and, as necessary, issue reports;
29	22		(2) provide information to and advise the governor and
30	23		the governor's staff on matters relating to the full participation
31	24		of persons with disabilities in all aspects of life;
32	25		(3) before the end of each even-numbered year, submit
33	26		to the governor and to the legislature a report that includes[:
34	27		[(A) the status of the state's compliance with
35	28		federal and state laws pertaining to rights and opportunities for
36	29		persons with disabilities and recommendations to achieve further
37	30		compliance, if necessary;
38	31		[(B) a long-range state plan for persons with
39	32		disabilities and recommendations to implement that plan; and
40	33		[(C)] any recommended changes in state laws
41	34		relating to persons with disabilities;
42	35		(4) serve as the state's liaison agency in working with
43	36		the Office of Disability [President's Committee on] Employment
44	37		Policy [of Persons with Disabilities] and other entities involved
45	38		in activities or concerns affecting persons with disabilities;
46	39		(5) develop and work with a statewide network of
47	40		volunteer community-level committees to promote dissemination of
48	41		information about and implementation of federal and state laws
49	42		addressing rights and opportunities for persons with disabilities;
50	43		(6) [evaluate the state's compliance with the
51	44		Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Section 12101 et
52	45		seq.) and other federal and state statutes relating to rights and
53	46		opportunities for persons with disabilities;
54	47		[(7)] provide information and technical assistance to
55	48		public and private agencies and businesses to promote and
56	49		facilitate implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of
57	50		1990 (42 U.S.C. Section 12101 et seq.) and other federal and state
58	51		statutes relating to rights and opportunities of persons with
59	52		disabilities;
60	53		(7) [ (8) collect and evaluate data on employment of
61	54		persons with disabilities by state agencies;
62	55		[(9)] work with legislative committees and with state
63	56		agencies on the development of laws and policies that affect
64	57		persons with disabilities;
65	58		(8) [(10)] promote the compilation and publication of
66	59		state laws relating to persons with disabilities; [and]
67	60		(9) [(11)] issue awards and other forms of recognition
68	61		to persons and organizations making outstanding contributions to
69	62		the employment of persons with disabilities and to public awareness
70	63		of issues impacting persons with disabilities;
71	64		(10) identify each current long-range plan relating to
72	65		persons with disabilities in this state created by a state agency, a
73	66		committee of a state agency, or a nonprofit organization required
74	67		by federal law to produce such a plan, and publish the link to the
75	68		Internet website address for each long-range plan, if available, on
76	69		the Internet website of the Governor's Committee on People with
77	70		Disabilities; and
78	71		(11) review and analyze the long-range plans described
79	72		by Subdivision (10) to identify gaps in state laws and services for
80	73		persons with disabilities and make biennial recommendations in the
81	74		committee's report required under Subdivision (3) to address
82	75		identified gaps.
83	76		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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	77	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	78	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	79	+	I certify that H.B. No. 1678 was passed by the House on April
	80	+	9, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 1, 2 present, not
	81	+	voting.
	82	+	______________________________
	83	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	84	+	I certify that H.B. No. 1678 was passed by the Senate on May
	85	+	12, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 1.
	86	+	______________________________
	87	+	Secretary of the Senate
	88	+	APPROVED: _____________________
	89	+	Date
	90	+	_____________________
	91	+	Governor