86R10019 LED-D
By: Watson S.B. No. 1071
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a pilot program to provide home-delivered meals to
certain individuals.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 33, Human Resources Code,
is amended by adding Section 33.037 to read as follows:
Sec. 33.037. HOME-DELIVERED MEALS PILOT PROGRAM. (a) The
commission shall develop and implement a pilot program to provide
home-delivered meals to a targeted group of individuals, selected
by the commission, with a medical condition that would improve with
home-delivered meals.
(b) Using existing resources, the commission may spend not
more than $2 million to develop and implement the pilot program.
(c) The commission shall implement the pilot program in one
urban and one rural region of the state, selected by the commission
based on the availability of and need for home-delivered meal
services. Within each region, the commission shall ensure
medically tailored meals are provided to one subset of individuals
and standard meals are provided to the other subset of individuals.
(d) To the extent practicable, the commission shall seek to
contract with an entity that provides additional services along
with home-delivered meal services.
(e) The commission shall operate the pilot program for one
year.
(f) The commission shall track health outcomes of and the
use of health care services by individuals participating in the
pilot program and analyze the data to determine if the pilot program
results in health care savings. The commission shall partner with
an institution of higher education to conduct the analysis under
this subsection.
(g) Not later than October 31, 2020, the commission shall
prepare and submit to the legislature a report describing the
results of the analysis under Subsection (f) and recommendations
regarding the continuation or expansion of the program.
(h) This section expires December 31, 2020.
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.