Bill Text: TX HB3312 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to an evaluation of the state supported living center system.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-19 - Referred to Human Services [HB3312 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB3312-Introduced.html
  83R8764 EES-D
 
  By: Collier H.B. No. 3312
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to an evaluation of the state supported living center
  system.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  EVALUATION OF STATE SUPPORTED LIVING CENTERS.  
  (a)  In this section:
               (1)  "Commission" means the Health and Human Services
  Commission.
               (2)  "Community services provider" means a provider of
  services under a home and community-based services waiver program
  and a licensed ICF-MR provider with fewer than 16 beds.
               (3)  "Department" means the Department of Aging and
  Disability Services.
               (4)  "State supported living center" has the meaning
  assigned by Section 531.002, Health and Safety Code.
         (b)  The commission and the department shall contract with an
  independent entity to conduct an evaluation of the state supported
  living center system.
         (c)  In evaluating a state supported living center, the
  independent entity shall consider the following factors:
               (1)  the proximity of the state supported living center
  to other state supported living centers and the geographical
  distribution of other state supported living centers;
               (2)  the proximity of the state supported living
  centers to community services providers and the geographical
  distribution of those providers;
               (3)  the administrative cost of the state supported
  living center;
               (4)  the availability of other employment
  opportunities in the area for employees who would be displaced if
  the state supported living center were consolidated or closed,
  including additional employment that may be needed by community
  services providers on consolidation or closure;
               (5)  the condition of existing state supported living
  center structures and existing community services providers;
               (6)  the marketability of the property where the state
  supported living center is located, as determined in consultation
  with persons with business development expertise, and whether the
  property should be sold or converted to another use if the state
  supported living center is consolidated or closed;
               (7)  the ease of client transfer capability;
               (8)  the capacity at other state supported living
  centers to accommodate persons transferred from a facility if it is
  consolidated or closed;
               (9)  the capacity of local community services providers
  to accommodate persons served by the state supported living center
  if it is consolidated or closed;
               (10)  identification of specialty programs and
  services available at the state supported living center and whether
  those programs and services are available at other state supported
  living centers or from local community services providers;
               (11)  the history of incidents of abuse, neglect, or
  exploitation at the state supported living center;
               (12)  the services and supports that are not available
  in the community and that resulted in commitment of individuals to
  the state supported living center during the previous five years;
               (13)  the support needs of residents in the state
  supported living center and the availability of programs that
  provide those services in the community;
               (14)  the impact of expanding community programs in the
  area of the state supported living center, particularly in
  historically underserved areas of the state; and
               (15)  any other relevant factor as determined by the
  commission or department.
         (d)  Not later than October 1, 2014, the commission and the
  department shall submit a report containing the findings of the
  independent entity under this section to the governor, the
  lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives,
  and the standing committee of each house of the legislature with
  jurisdiction over state supported living centers.
         (e)  This section expires September 1, 2015.
         SECTION 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  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, 2013.
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