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1	1	88R1531 EAS-F
2	2	By: West S.B. No. 524
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the statewide intellectual and developmental
8	8	disability coordinating council.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Chapter 531, Government Code, is amended by
11	11	adding Subchapter M-2 to read as follows:
12	12	SUBCHAPTER M-2. STATEWIDE INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL
13	13	DISABILITY COORDINATING COUNCIL
14	14	Sec. 531.491. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "council"
15	15	means the statewide intellectual and developmental disability
16	16	coordinating council.
17	17	Sec. 531.492. PURPOSE. The council is established to
18	18	ensure this state develops a strategic approach for the provision
19	19	of intellectual and developmental disability services in this
20	20	state.
21	21	Sec. 531.493. COMPOSITION OF COUNCIL. (a) The council is
22	22	composed of the following members:
23	23	(1) subject to Subsection (b), one or more
24	24	representatives designated by each of the following entities:
25	25	(A) the Department of State Health Services;
26	26	(B) the Department of Family and Protective
27	27	Services;
28	28	(C) the Texas Workforce Commission;
29	29	(D) the Texas Education Agency;
30	30	(E) the Texas Center for Disability Studies at
31	31	The University of Texas at Austin;
32	32	(F) the Center on Disability and Development at
33	33	Texas A&M University;
34	34	(G) the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; and
35	35	(H) the Commission on Jail Standards; and
36	36	(2) the following members appointed by the executive
37	37	commissioner:
38	38	(A) a representative of a local intellectual and
39	39	developmental disability authority as defined by Section 531.002,
40	40	Health and Safety Code;
41	41	(B) a representative of the Governor's Committee
42	42	on People with Disabilities;
43	43	(C) a representative of the Texas Council for
44	44	Developmental Disabilities;
45	45	(D) a representative of the Arc of Texas;
46	46	(E) a representative of a managed care
47	47	organization;
48	48	(F) a provider of Medicaid long-term services and
49	49	supports;
50	50	(G) a person or family member of an individual
51	51	with an intellectual or developmental disability;
52	52	(H) a representative of the commission's office
53	53	of the ombudsman;
54	54	(I) representatives of the commission, with one
55	55	representative appointed from each division of the commission with
56	56	responsibility for:
57	57	(i) Medicaid and the Children's Health
58	58	Insurance Program services;
59	59	(ii) intellectual and developmental
60	60	disability behavioral health services;
61	61	(iii) health and specialty care system
62	62	employment;
63	63	(iv) health, developmental, and
64	64	independence services; and
65	65	(v) access and eligibility services; and
66	66	(J) any additional members as the executive
67	67	commissioner determines appropriate who are recognized experts
68	68	serving individuals with intellectual and developmental
69	69	disabilities or who represent the interests of individuals with
70	70	intellectual and developmental disabilities.
71	71	(b) The executive commissioner shall determine the number
72	72	of representatives that each entity may designate under Subsection
73	73	(a)(1) to serve on the council.
74	74	(c) The council may authorize another state agency or
75	75	institution that provides specific intellectual and developmental
76	76	disability services with the use of money appropriated by this
77	77	state to designate a representative to the council.
78	78	(d) A council member serves at the pleasure of the
79	79	designating entity.
80	80	Sec. 531.494. PRESIDING OFFICER. The executive
81	81	commissioner shall designate a member of the council to serve as the
82	82	presiding officer.
83	83	Sec. 531.495. MEETINGS. The council shall meet at least
84	84	once quarterly or more frequently at the call of the presiding
85	85	officer.
86	86	Sec. 531.496. DUTIES. The council:
87	87	(1) shall develop and monitor the implementation of a
88	88	five-year statewide intellectual and developmental disability
89	89	strategic plan;
90	90	(2) shall develop a biennial coordinated statewide
91	91	intellectual and developmental disability expenditure proposal;
92	92	(3) shall annually publish an updated inventory of
93	93	state-funded intellectual and developmental disability programs
94	94	and services that includes:
95	95	(A) a description of the manner in which those
96	96	programs and services further the purpose of the statewide
97	97	intellectual and developmental disability strategic plan; and
98	98	(B) an estimate of the number of individuals
99	99	waiting for or interested in receiving those programs and services;
100	100	and
101	101	(4) may facilitate opportunities to increase
102	102	collaboration for the effective expenditure of available federal
103	103	and state funds for intellectual and developmental disability
104	104	services in this state.
105	105	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
106	106	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
107	107	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
108	108	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
109	109	Act takes effect September 1, 2023.