H.B. No. 3117
AN ACT
relating to developing the proposed plan on long-term care for
persons with an intellectual disability.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 533A.062, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) As part of the proposed plan, the commission shall
review the statewide bed capacity of community ICF-IID facilities
for individuals with an intellectual disability or a related
condition and, based on the review, develop a process to reallocate
beds held in suspension by the commission. The process may include:
(1) criteria by which ICF-IID program providers may
apply to the commission to receive reallocated beds; and
(2) a means to reallocate the beds among health
services regions.
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, 2019.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3117 was passed by the House on May 3,
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 1, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3117 was passed by the Senate on May
22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor