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1	1	S.B. No. 956
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to repealing the coordinated strategic plan for health and
6	6	human services in this state, including related conforming
7	7	amendments.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Section 531.024(a), Government Code, is amended
10	10	to read as follows:
11	11	(a) The executive commissioner shall:
12	12	(1) facilitate and enforce coordinated planning and
13	13	delivery of health and human services, including:
14	14	(A) [compliance with the coordinated strategic
15	15	plan;
16	16	[(B)] co-location of services;
17	17	(B) [(C)] integrated intake; and
18	18	(C) [(D)] coordinated referral and case
19	19	management;
20	20	(2) develop with the Department of Information
21	21	Resources automation standards for computer systems to enable
22	22	health and human services agencies, including agencies operating at
23	23	a local level, to share pertinent data;
24	24	(3) establish and enforce uniform regional boundaries
25	25	for all health and human services agencies;
26	26	(4) carry out statewide health and human services
27	27	needs surveys and forecasting;
28	28	(5) perform independent special-outcome evaluations
29	29	of health and human services programs and activities;
30	30	(6) at the request of a governmental entity that
31	31	coordinates the delivery of health and human services in regions,
32	32	counties, and municipalities of this state [identified under
33	33	Section 531.022(e)], assist the [that] entity in implementing a
34	34	coordinated plan that may include co-location of services,
35	35	integrated intake, and coordinated referral and case management and
36	36	is tailored to the needs and priorities of that entity; and
37	37	(7) promulgate uniform fair hearing rules for all
38	38	Medicaid-funded services.
39	39	SECTION 2. Section 531.028(b), Government Code, is amended
40	40	to read as follows:
41	41	(b) The executive commissioner shall establish a federal
42	42	money management system to coordinate and monitor the use of
43	43	federal money that is received by health and human services
44	44	agencies to ensure that the money is spent in the most efficient
45	45	manner and shall:
46	46	(1) establish priorities for use of federal money by
47	47	all health and human services agencies[, in coordination with the
48	48	coordinated strategic plan established under Section 531.022];
49	49	(2) coordinate and monitor the use of federal money
50	50	for health and human services to ensure that the money is spent in
51	51	the most cost-effective manner throughout the health and human
52	52	services system;
53	53	(3) review and approve all federal funding plans for
54	54	health and human services in this state;
55	55	(4) estimate available federal money, including
56	56	earned federal money, and monitor unspent money;
57	57	(5) ensure that the state meets federal requirements
58	58	relating to receipt of federal money for health and human services,
59	59	including requirements relating to state matching money and
60	60	maintenance of effort;
61	61	(6) transfer appropriated amounts as described by
62	62	Section 531.0271; and
63	63	(7) ensure that each governmental entity that
64	64	coordinates the delivery of health and human services in regions,
65	65	counties, and municipalities of this state [identified under
66	66	Section 531.022(e)] has access to complete and timely information
67	67	about all sources of federal money for health and human services
68	68	programs and that technical assistance is available to governmental
69	69	entities seeking grants of federal money to provide health and
70	70	human services.
71	71	SECTION 3. Section 533.032(a), Health and Safety Code, is
72	72	amended to read as follows:
73	73	(a) The department shall have a long-range plan relating to
74	74	the provision of services under this title covering at least six
75	75	years that includes at least the provisions required by Section
76	76	[Sections 531.022 and] 531.023, Government Code, and Chapter 2056,
77	77	Government Code. The plan must cover the provision of services in
78	78	and policies for state-operated institutions and ensure that the
79	79	medical needs of the most medically fragile persons with mental
80	80	illness the department serves are met.
81	81	SECTION 4. Section 533A.032(a), Health and Safety Code, is
82	82	amended to read as follows:
83	83	(a) The department shall have a long-range plan relating to
84	84	the provision of services under this title covering at least six
85	85	years that includes at least the provisions required by Section
86	86	[Sections 531.022 and] 531.023, Government Code, and Chapter 2056,
87	87	Government Code. The plan must cover the provision of services in
88	88	and policies for state-operated institutions and ensure that the
89	89	medical needs of the most medically fragile persons with an
90	90	intellectual disability the department serves are met.
91	91	SECTION 5. Section 40.051, Human Resources Code, is amended
92	92	to read as follows:
93	93	Sec. 40.051. STRATEGIC PLAN FOR DEPARTMENT. The department
94	94	shall develop a departmental strategic plan based on [the goals and
95	95	priorities stated in the commission's coordinated strategic plan
96	96	for health and human services. The department shall also develop
97	97	its plan based on]:
98	98	(1) furthering the policy of family preservation;
99	99	(2) the goal of ending the abuse and neglect of
100	100	children in the conservatorship of the department; and
101	101	(3) the goal of increasing the capacity and
102	102	availability of foster, relative, and kinship placements in this
103	103	state.
104	104	SECTION 6. Section 531.022, Government Code, is repealed.
105	105	SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
106	106	______________________________ ______________________________
107	107	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
108	108	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 956 passed the Senate on
109	109	April 13, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
110	110	______________________________
111	111	Secretary of the Senate
112	112	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 956 passed the House on
113	113	May 24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 111, Nays 27,
114	114	one present not voting.
115	115	______________________________
116	116	Chief Clerk of the House
117	117	Approved:
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119	119	Date
120	120	______________________________
121	121	Governor