| 1 | 1 | | 86R5963 MP-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 656 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the transition and employment guide for public school |
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| 8 | 8 | | students enrolled in a special education 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. Section 29.0112(b), Education Code, is amended |
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| 11 | 11 | | to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (b) The transition and employment guide must be written in |
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| 13 | 13 | | plain language and contain information specific to this state |
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| 14 | 14 | | regarding: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) transition services; |
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| 16 | 16 | | (2) employment and supported employment services; |
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| 17 | 17 | | (3) social security programs, including the Ticket to |
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| 18 | 18 | | Work Program authorized by the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives |
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| 19 | 19 | | Improvement Act of 1999 (Pub. L. No. 106-170); |
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| 20 | 20 | | (4) community and long-term services and support, |
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| 21 | 21 | | including the option to place the student on a waiting list with a |
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| 22 | 22 | | governmental agency for public benefits available to the student, |
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| 23 | 23 | | such as a waiver program established under Section 1915(c), Social |
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| 24 | 24 | | Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1396n(c)); |
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| 25 | 25 | | (5) postsecondary educational programs and services, |
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| 26 | 26 | | including the inventory maintained by the Texas Higher Education |
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| 27 | 27 | | Coordinating Board under Section 61.0663; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (6) information sharing with health and human services |
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| 29 | 29 | | agencies and providers; |
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| 30 | 30 | | (7) guardianship and alternatives to guardianship, |
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| 31 | 31 | | including a supported decision-making agreement under Chapter |
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| 32 | 32 | | 1357, Estates Code; |
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| 33 | 33 | | (8) self-advocacy, person-directed planning, and |
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| 34 | 34 | | self-determination; [and] |
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| 35 | 35 | | (9) contact information for all relevant state |
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| 36 | 36 | | agencies; |
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| 37 | 37 | | (10) financial literacy, including information and |
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| 38 | 38 | | curricula on the effective long-term management of financial |
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| 39 | 39 | | resources; and |
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| 40 | 40 | | (11) financial independence, including: |
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| 41 | 41 | | (A) special needs trusts; |
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| 42 | 42 | | (B) the Texas Achieving a Better Life Experience |
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| 43 | 43 | | (ABLE) Program under Subchapter J, Chapter 54, authorized under |
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| 44 | 44 | | Section 529A, Internal Revenue Code of 1986; |
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| 45 | 45 | | (C) the Medicaid buy-in programs implemented |
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| 46 | 46 | | under Section 531.02444, Government Code; and |
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| 47 | 47 | | (D) other work incentive programs. |
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| 48 | 48 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2020-2021 |
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| 49 | 49 | | school year. |
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| 50 | 50 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 51 | 51 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 52 | 52 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 53 | 53 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 54 | 54 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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