By: Rose H.B. No. 4571
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the statewide intellectual and developmental
disabilities coordinating council.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 531, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subchapter M-2 to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER M-2. STATEWIDE INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITIES COORDINATING COUNCIL
Sec. 531.477. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "council"
means the statewide intellectual and developmental disabilities
coordinating council.
Sec. 531.478. PURPOSE. The council is established to
ensure a strategic statewide approach to intellectual and
developmental disabilities services.
Sec. 531.479. COMPOSITION OF COUNCIL. (a) The council is
composed of at least one representative designated by each of the
following entities:
(1) Health and Human Services Commission-Medicaid,
IDD, Health and Specialty Care, HDIS, Access and Eligibility and
Ombudsman;
(2) the Department of State Health Services;
(3) the Department of Family and Protective Services;
(4) the Texas Workforce Commission;
(5) the Texas Education Agency;
(6) the University of Texas-Austin - Center for
Disability Studies;
(7) HHSC shall appoint a representative of the LIDDA;
and
(8) HHSC shall appoint a representative from a public
policy organization focused on IDD:
(1) a representative of the Governor's Committee
on People with Disabilities;
(2) a representative of the Texas Council for
Developmental Disabilities;
(3) a representative of the Arc of Texas;
(4) a representative of a Managed Care
Organization;
(5) a provider of Medicaid Long-Term Services and
Supports;
(6) a person or family member with lived
experience; and
(7) additional members as needed who must be
recognized experts in serving individuals with intellectual and
developmental disabilities or who represent the interests of
individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
(b) The executive commissioner shall determine the number
of representatives that each entity may designate to serve on the
council.
(c) The council may authorize another state agency or
institution that provides specific intellectual and developmental
disabilities services with the use of appropriated money to
designate a representative to the council.
(d) A council member serves at the pleasure of the
designating entity.
Sec. 531.480. MEETINGS. The council shall meet at least
once quarterly or more frequently at the call of the presiding
officer.
Sec. 531.481. POWERS AND DUTIES. The council:
(1) shall develop and monitor the implementation of a
five-year statewide intellectual and developmental disabilities
strategic plan;
(2) shall develop a biennial coordinated statewide
intellectual and developmental disabilities expenditure proposal;
(3) shall annually publish an updated inventory of
intellectual and developmental disability programs and services
that are funded by the state that includes a description of how
those programs and services further the purpose of the statewide
intellectual and developmental disabilities strategic plan; and
(4) may facilitate opportunities to increase
collaboration for the effective expenditure of available federal
and state funds for intellectual and developmental disability
services in this state.
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, 2021.