88R8484 MM-D
By: Blanco S.B. No. 2254
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a report regarding certain residential and
nonresidential services provided to individuals with an
intellectual or developmental disability.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. In this Act, "commission" means the Health and
Human Services Commission.
SECTION 2. (a) Not later than December 1, 2024, the
commission shall prepare and submit to the legislature a written
report regarding state and federally-funded residential and
nonresidential services provided:
(1) under the home and community-based services (HCS)
waiver program;
(2) under the Texas home living (TxHmL) waiver
program; and
(3) by intermediate care facilities licensed under
Chapter 252, Health and Safety Code.
(b) The report required under this section must:
(1) analyze the average monthly cost to the state per
person disaggregated by level of need for services provided to
individuals:
(A) residing in state-operated and privately
operated intermediate care facilities licensed under Chapter 252,
Health and Safety Code, disaggregated by facility size for
privately operated facilities;
(B) under the home and community-based services
(HCS) waiver program; and
(C) under the Texas home living (TxHmL) waiver
program;
(2) compare the severity of need for individuals
across settings; and
(3) include, based on data from the previous biennium:
(A) the total number of individuals,
disaggregated by level of need, who transitioned from
state-operated intermediate care facilities licensed under Chapter
252, Health and Safety Code, to receiving services under the home
and community-based services (HCS) waiver program; and
(B) the average monthly cost of services under
the home and community-based services (HCS) waiver program for
individuals described by Paragraph (A).
SECTION 3. This Act expires September 1, 2025.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.