87R5463 KKR-D
By: Campos H.B. No. 3104
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to home-delivered meal services under the Options for
Independent Living program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 101A.151, Human Resources Code, is
amended by adding Subdivision (2-a) to read as follows:
(2-a) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services
Commission.
SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 101A, Human Resources
Code, is amended by adding Section 101A.1541 to read as follows:
Sec. 101A.1541. HOME-DELIVERED MEAL SERVICES: EVALUATION
AND MONITORING. (a) On a quarterly basis the commission shall
evaluate the use of home-delivered meal services under the Options
for Independent Living program by collecting data from all local
area agencies on aging to determine:
(1) the number of:
(A) home-delivered meals requested under the
program;
(B) requests for home-delivered meals that are
approved and denied under the program; and
(C) home-delivered meals that are delivered to
individuals under the program; and
(2) statewide trends related to the provision of
home-delivered meals under the program and the reasons for those
trends.
(b) The commission shall continually monitor the use of
home-delivered meal services under the Options for Independent
Living program, including statewide trends related to the use of
those services, and make any necessary actions to improve the
provision of those services.
(c) Not later than December 1 of each year, the commission
shall:
(1) submit a report containing the results of the
evaluations performed under Subsection (a) and recommendations for
improving the use of home-delivered meals under the Options for
Independent Living program to the governor, the lieutenant
governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the
standing committees of the legislature having primary jurisdiction
over health and human services; and
(2) post the report on the commission's Internet
website.
SECTION 3. Not later than December 1, 2021, the Health and
Human Services Commission shall submit the report required by
Section 101A.1541(c), Human Resources Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.