Bill Text: TX HB245 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to community attendants under the community attendant services program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-23 - Referred to Human Services [HB245 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB245-Introduced.html
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By: González of El Paso | H.B. No. 245 |
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relating to community attendants under the community attendant | ||
services program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 531.05115 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 531.05115. COMMUNITY ATTENDANT SERVICES PROGRAM: | ||
FAMILY MEMBERS AS COMMUNITY ATTENDANTS. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Community attendant services program" means the | ||
community attendant services program described by Section 32.061, | ||
Human Resources Code. | ||
(2) "Consumer" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
531.051. | ||
(b) To the extent permitted by federal law, a community | ||
attendant who provides services to a consumer under the community | ||
attendant services program may be a family member of the consumer, | ||
including the consumer's parent or spouse. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 32, Human Resources Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 32.0611 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 32.0611. COMMUNITY ATTENDANT SERVICES PROGRAM: | ||
MINIMUM WAGE FOR COMMUNITY ATTENDANTS. Notwithstanding Section | ||
62.051 or 62.151, Labor Code, or any other law, a community | ||
attendant providing services to a recipient under the community | ||
attendant services program must be paid not less than the greater | ||
of: | ||
(1) $15 an hour; or | ||
(2) the federal minimum wage under Section 6, Fair | ||
Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 206). | ||
SECTION 3. If before implementing any provision of this Act | ||
a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a | ||
federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, | ||
the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or | ||
authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the | ||
waiver or authorization is granted. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |