87R15900 KKR-D
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-2 to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER M-2. STATEWIDE INTERAGENCY AGING SERVICES COORDINATING
COUNCIL
Sec. 531.491. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "council"
means the statewide interagency aging services coordinating
council.
Sec. 531.492. PURPOSE. The council is established to
ensure a strategic statewide approach to interagency aging
services.
Sec. 531.493. COMPOSITION OF COUNCIL. (a) Subject to
Subsection (b), the council is composed of at least one
representative designated by each of the following agencies and
entities:
(1) the governor's office;
(2) the commission, including one representative of
the commission's agency services coordination office;
(3) the Department of Family and Protective Services;
(4) the Department of State Health Services;
(5) the Department of Agriculture's office of rural
health;
(6) the Texas Veterans Commission;
(7) the Texas Workforce Commission;
(8) the office of the attorney general;
(9) the Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging
Studies at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San
Antonio;
(10) the Texas Aging and Longevity Center at The
University of Texas at Austin; and
(11) the Center for Population Health and Aging at
Texas A&M University.
(b) The executive commissioner shall determine the number
of representatives that each agency or entity may designate to
serve on the council.
(c) The council may authorize another state agency or entity
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. 531.494. PRESIDING OFFICER. The representative of the
commission's agency services coordination office designated under
Section 531.493(a) shall serve as the presiding officer.
Sec. 531.495. MEETINGS. The council shall meet at least
once quarterly or more frequently at the call of the presiding
officer.
Sec. 531.496. POWERS AND DUTIES. The council:
(1) shall develop and submit to the executive
commissioner a five-year statewide interagency aging services
strategic plan;
(2) shall develop a biennial coordinated statewide
interagency aging services expenditure proposal;
(3) shall annually publish an updated inventory of
state-funded interagency aging programs and services that includes
a description of how those programs and services further the
purpose of the statewide interagency aging services strategic plan;
(4) may facilitate opportunities to increase
collaboration for the effective expenditure of available federal
and state funds for interagency aging services in this state; and
(5) may establish subcommittees as necessary to carry
out the council's duties under this subchapter.
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.