Sec. 531.02441. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE ON ENSURING APPROPRIATE CARE SETTINGS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. (a) The executive commissioner shall establish an interagency task force to assist the commission and appropriate health and human services agencies in developing a comprehensive, effectively working plan to ensure appropriate care settings for persons with disabilities.
(b) The executive commissioner shall determine the number of members of the task force. The executive commissioner shall appoint as members of the task force:
(1) representatives of appropriate health and human services agencies, including the Department of Aging and Disability Services and the Department of State Health Services;
(2) representatives of related work groups, including representatives of the work group established under Section 22.035, Human Resources Code;
(3) representatives of consumer and family advocacy groups; and
(4) representatives of service providers for persons with disabilities.
(c) The executive commissioner shall designate a member of the task force to serve as presiding officer. The members of the task force shall elect any other necessary officers.
(d) The task force shall meet at the call of the executive commissioner.
(e) A member of the task force serves at the will of the executive commissioner.
(f) A member of the task force may not receive compensation for serving on the task force but is entitled to reimbursement for travel expenses incurred by the member while conducting the business of the task force as provided by the General Appropriations Act.
(g) The task force shall study and make recommendations to the commission on developing the comprehensive, effectively working plan required by Section 531.0244(a) to ensure appropriate care settings for persons with disabilities.
(h) In addition to making recommendations under Subsection (g), the task force shall advise the commission and appropriate health and human services agencies with respect to implementing the comprehensive, effectively working plan required by Section 531.0244(a), giving primary consideration to:
(1) methods to identify and assess each person who resides in an institution but chooses to live in the community and for whom a transfer from an institution to the community is appropriate, as determined by the person's treating professionals;
(2) determining the health and human services agencies' availability of community care and support options relating to all persons described by Subdivision (1);
(3) identifying, addressing, and monitoring barriers to implementation of the plan to improve that implementation; and
(4) identifying funding options for the plan.
(i) Not later than September 1 of each year, the task force shall submit a report to the executive commissioner on its findings and recommendations required by Subsection (g).
(j) The task force is abolished and this section expires September 1, 2017.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1239, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 2 (S.B. 37), Sec. 1, eff. April 21, 2011.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 2.060, eff. April 2, 2015.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 837 (S.B. 200), Sec. 3.05, eff. January 1, 2016.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 946 (S.B. 277), Sec. 2.05, eff. January 1, 2016.
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