SB2896 - Relating to the statewide intellectual and developmental disability coordinating council.

      By: Cook S.B. No. 2896               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the statewide intellectual and developmental   disability coordinating council.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 531, Government Code, is amended by   adding Subchapter M-2 to read as follows:   SUBCHAPTER M-2. STATEWIDE INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL   DISABILITY COORDINATING COUNCIL           Sec.   531.491.     DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "council"   means the statewide intellectual and developmental disability   coordinating council.           Sec.   531.492.     PURPOSE. The council is established to   ensure this state develops a strategic approach for the provision   of intellectual and developmental disability services in this   state.           Sec.   531.493.     COMPOSITION OF COUNCIL. (a) The council is   composed of the following members:                   (1)     subject to Subsection (b), one or more   representatives designated by each of the following entities:                       (A)  the Department of State Health Services;                       (B)     the Department of Family and Protective   Services;                       (C)  the Texas Workforce Commission;                       (D)  the Texas Education Agency;                       (E)     the Texas Center for Disability Studies at   The University of Texas at Austin;                       (F)     the Center on Disability and Development at   Texas A&M University;                         (G)  the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; and                         (H)  the Commission on Jail Standards; and                   (2)     the following members appointed by the executive   commissioner:                       (A)     a representative of a local intellectual and   developmental disability authority as defined by Section 531.002,   Health and Safety Code;                       (B)     a representative of the Governor's Committee   on People with Disabilities;                       (C)     a representative of the Texas Council for   Developmental Disabilities;                       (D)  a representative of the Arc of Texas;                       (E)     a representative of a managed care   organization;                       (F)     a provider of Medicaid long-term services and   supports;                       (G)     a person or family member of an individual   with an intellectual or developmental disability;                         (H)     a representative of the commission's office   of the ombudsman;                         (I)     representatives of the commission, with one   representative appointed from each division of the commission with   responsibility for:                             (i)     Medicaid and the Children's Health   Insurance Program services;                               (ii)     intellectual and developmental   disability behavioral health services;                               (iii)     health and specialty care system   employment;                             (iv)     health, developmental, and   independence services; and                             (v)  access and eligibility services; and                         (J)     any additional members as the executive   commissioner determines appropriate who are recognized experts   serving individuals with intellectual and developmental   disabilities or who represent the interests of individuals with   intellectual and developmental disabilities.           (b)     The executive commissioner shall determine the number   of representatives that each entity may designate under Subsection   (a)(1) to serve on the council.           (c)     The council may authorize another state agency or   institution that provides specific intellectual and developmental   disability services with the use of money appropriated by this   state to designate a representative to the council.           (d)     A council member serves at the pleasure of the   designating entity.           Sec.   531.494.     PRESIDING OFFICER. The executive   commissioner shall designate a member of the council to serve as the   presiding officer.           Sec.   531.495.     MEETINGS. The council shall meet at least   once quarterly or more frequently at the call of the presiding   officer.           Sec. 531.496.  DUTIES. The council:                 (1)     shall develop and monitor the implementation of a   five-year statewide intellectual and developmental disability   strategic plan;                 (2)     shall develop a biennial coordinated statewide   intellectual and developmental disability expenditure proposal;                 (3)     shall annually publish an updated inventory of   state-funded intellectual and developmental disability programs   and services that includes:                       (A)     a description of the manner in which those   programs and services further the purpose of the statewide   intellectual and developmental disability strategic plan; and                       (B)     an estimate of the number of individuals   waiting for or interested in receiving those programs and services;   and                 (4)     may facilitate opportunities to increase   collaboration for the effective expenditure of available federal   and state funds for intellectual and developmental disability   services in this state.          SECTION 2.  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, 2023.