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| 5 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 9 | | relating to the statewide interagency aging services coordinating |
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| 8 | 10 | | council. |
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| 9 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 531, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 13 | | adding Subchapter M-2 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 14 | | SUBCHAPTER M-2. STATEWIDE INTERAGENCY AGING SERVICES COORDINATING |
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| 13 | 15 | | COUNCIL |
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| 14 | 16 | | Sec. 531.491. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "council" |
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| 15 | 17 | | means the statewide interagency aging services coordinating |
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| 16 | 18 | | council. |
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| 17 | 19 | | Sec. 531.492. PURPOSE. The council is established to |
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| 18 | 20 | | ensure a strategic statewide approach to interagency aging |
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| 19 | 21 | | services. |
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| 20 | 22 | | Sec. 531.493. COMPOSITION OF COUNCIL. (a) Subject to |
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| 21 | 23 | | Subsection (b), the council is composed of at least one |
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| 22 | 24 | | representative designated by each of the following agencies and |
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| 23 | 25 | | entities: |
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| 24 | 26 | | (1) the governor's office; |
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| 25 | 27 | | (2) the commission, including one representative of |
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| 26 | 28 | | the commission's agency services coordination office; |
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| 27 | 29 | | (3) the Department of Family and Protective Services; |
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| 28 | 30 | | (4) the Department of State Health Services; |
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| 29 | 31 | | (5) the Department of Agriculture's office of rural |
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| 30 | 32 | | health; |
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| 31 | 33 | | (6) the Texas Veterans Commission; |
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| 32 | 34 | | (7) the Texas Workforce Commission; |
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| 33 | 35 | | (8) the office of the attorney general; |
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| 34 | 36 | | (9) the Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging |
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| 35 | 37 | | Studies at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San |
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| 36 | 38 | | Antonio; |
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| 37 | 39 | | (10) the Texas Aging and Longevity Center at The |
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| 38 | 40 | | University of Texas at Austin; and |
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| 39 | 41 | | (11) the Center for Population Health and Aging at |
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| 40 | 42 | | Texas A&M University. |
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| 41 | 43 | | (b) The executive commissioner shall determine the number |
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| 42 | 44 | | of representatives that each agency or entity may designate to |
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| 43 | 45 | | serve on the council. |
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| 44 | 46 | | (c) The council may authorize another state agency or entity |
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| 45 | 47 | | that provides specific interagency aging services with the use of |
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| 46 | 48 | | appropriated money to designate a representative to the council. |
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| 47 | 49 | | (d) A council member serves at the pleasure of the |
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| 48 | 50 | | designating entity. |
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| 49 | 51 | | Sec. 531.494. PRESIDING OFFICER. The representative of the |
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| 50 | 52 | | commission's agency services coordination office designated under |
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| 51 | 53 | | Section 531.493(a) shall serve as the presiding officer. |
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| 52 | 54 | | Sec. 531.495. MEETINGS. The council shall meet at least |
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| 53 | 55 | | once quarterly or more frequently at the call of the presiding |
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| 54 | 56 | | officer. |
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| 55 | 57 | | Sec. 531.496. POWERS AND DUTIES. The council: |
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| 56 | 58 | | (1) shall develop and submit to the executive |
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| 57 | 59 | | commissioner a five-year statewide interagency aging services |
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| 58 | 60 | | strategic plan; |
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| 59 | 61 | | (2) shall develop a biennial coordinated statewide |
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| 60 | 62 | | interagency aging services expenditure proposal; |
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| 61 | 63 | | (3) shall annually publish an updated inventory of |
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| 62 | 64 | | state-funded interagency aging programs and services that includes |
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| 63 | 65 | | a description of how those programs and services further the |
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| 64 | 66 | | purpose of the statewide interagency aging services strategic plan; |
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| 65 | 67 | | (4) may facilitate opportunities to increase |
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| 66 | 68 | | collaboration for the effective expenditure of available federal |
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| 67 | 69 | | and state funds for interagency aging services in this state; and |
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| 68 | 70 | | (5) may establish subcommittees as necessary to carry |
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| 69 | 71 | | out the council's duties under this subchapter. |
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| 70 | 72 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 71 | 73 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 72 | 74 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 73 | 75 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 74 | 76 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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