By: Rose H.B. No. 4572
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the statewide interagency aging services 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-3 to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER M-3. STATEWIDE INTERAGENCY AGING SERVICES COORDINATING
COUNCIL
Sec. 531.482. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "council"
means the statewide interagency aging services coordinating
council.
Sec. 531.483. PURPOSE. The council is established to
ensure a strategic statewide approach to interagency aging
services.
Sec. 531.473. COMPOSITION OF COUNCIL. (a) The council is
composed of at least one representative designated by each of the
following entities:
(1) the governor's office;
(2) the Texas Veterans Commission;
(3) the commission;
(4) the Department of State Health Services;
(5) the Department of Family and Protective
Services-Adult Protective Services;
(6) the Texas Workforce Commission;
(7) the Office of the Attorney General;
(8) the Department of Agriculture - Office of Rural
Health;
(9) the UT Health Science Center San Antonio - Barshop
Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies;
(10) the UT Austin Aging and Longevity Center; and
(11) the Texas A&M University Center for Population
Health and Aging.
(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 interagency aging 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. 531.474. PRESIDING OFFICER. The Aging Services
Coordination Office at HHSC shall serve as the presiding officer of
the council.
Sec. 531.475. MEETINGS. The council shall meet at least
once quarterly or more frequently at the call of the presiding
officer.
Sec. 531.476. POWERS AND DUTIES. The council:
(1) The coordinating council shall submit the five
year strategic plan to the Executive Commissioner of HHSC for
approval;
(2) shall develop a biennial coordinated statewide
interagency aging services expenditure proposal;
(3) shall annually publish an updated inventory of
interagency aging 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 interagency aging
services strategic plan;
(4) may create subcommittees to carry out the
council's duties under this subchapter; and
(5) may facilitate opportunities to increase
collaboration for the effective expenditure of available federal
and state funds for interagency aging 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.