| 1 | 1 | | By: Johnson S.B. No. 2251 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the establishment of a pilot program to create |
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| 7 | 7 | | additional housing for certain individuals with an intellectual or |
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| 8 | 8 | | developmental disability through a Medicaid waiver program. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 531.02441 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 531.02441. PILOT PROGRAM. (a) The commission shall |
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| 13 | 13 | | establish and conduct a pilot program for a period of ten years that |
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| 14 | 14 | | provides funding to a community non-profit corporation to create |
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| 15 | 15 | | additional housing in this state for not less than 100 individuals |
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| 16 | 16 | | with an intellectual or developmental disability through the home |
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| 17 | 17 | | and community-based services (HCS) waiver program. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) The community non-profit corporation funded under this |
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| 19 | 19 | | section must: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) be in a county with a population between 900,000 |
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| 21 | 21 | | and 1.5 million that is located adjacent to a county with a |
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| 22 | 22 | | population of 2.5 million or more; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2) have a history of providing services to not less |
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| 24 | 24 | | than 300 individuals with an intellectual or developmental |
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| 25 | 25 | | disability for a period of not less than 10 years. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (c) In establishing the pilot program, the commission shall |
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| 27 | 27 | | set a goal to reduce the number of individuals residing and |
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| 28 | 28 | | receiving services in state supported living centers, as defined by |
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| 29 | 29 | | Section 531.002, Health and Safety Code, to an extent necessary to |
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| 30 | 30 | | offset the costs of the pilot program. |
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| 31 | 31 | | (d) The commission shall use proceeds from general |
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| 32 | 32 | | obligations bonds issued by the Texas Public Finance Authority to |
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| 33 | 33 | | provide funding for the creation of additional housing under the |
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| 34 | 34 | | pilot program. |
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| 35 | 35 | | (e) The community non-profit corporation that is provided |
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| 36 | 36 | | with funding under the pilot program shall prepare and submit an |
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| 37 | 37 | | annual report to the commission that summarizes the results of the |
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| 38 | 38 | | pilot program. |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act |
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| 40 | 40 | | a state agency determines that any other waiver or authorization |
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| 41 | 41 | | from a federal agency is necessary for implementation of that |
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| 42 | 42 | | provision, the agency affected by the provision shall request the |
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| 43 | 43 | | waiver or authorization and may delay implementing that provision |
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| 44 | 44 | | until the waiver or authorization is granted. |
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| 45 | 45 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on January 1, 2020, but |
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| 46 | 46 | | only if the constitutional amendment proposed by the 86th |
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| 47 | 47 | | Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, authorizing the issuance of |
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| 48 | 48 | | general obligation bonds for conducting a program to create |
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| 49 | 49 | | additional housing for individuals with an intellectual or |
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| 50 | 50 | | developmental disability is approved by the voters. If that |
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| 51 | 51 | | amendment is not approved by the voters, this Act has no effect. |
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