85R12657 MM-D
By: Menéndez S.B. No. 1368
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a study on the provision of vision services benefits to
older individuals in this state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) In this section, "commission" means the
Health and Human Services Commission.
(b) The commission, the Governor's Committee on People with
Disabilities, and the Aging Texas Well advisory committee shall
collaborate to conduct a study to evaluate the barriers and
limitations and develop recommendations related to expanding
vision services benefits to older individuals in this state. In
conducting the study, the entities shall:
(1) identify a comprehensive training curriculum that
can be used by governmental agencies and personnel who provide
direct intervention and independent living services to older
individuals who are experiencing vision loss;
(2) explore coordination opportunities between
governmental agencies and organizations in the private and public
sectors regarding providing vision services benefits to older
individuals; and
(3) identify incentives and benefits for
organizations in the private sector that address the issue of
vision loss in the older individual population.
(c) Not later than September 1, 2018, the executive
commissioner of the commission shall submit a written report
containing the findings of the study conducted under Subsection (b)
of this section to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the
speaker of the house of representatives, and the members of the
legislature.
(d) This Act expires December 1, 2018.
SECTION 2. 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, 2017.