Texas Health And Safety Code Title 7, Chapter 533a - Powers And Duties Of Department Of Aging And Disability Services

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 533A.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of aging and disability services. (2) "Department" means the Department of Aging and Disability Services. (3) "Department...
• Texas Section 533A.002 - Commissioner's Powers And Duties; Effect Of Conflict With Other Law
  To the extent a power or duty given to the commissioner by this title or another law conflicts with Section 531.0055, Government Code, Section 531.0055...
• Texas Section 533A.003 - Use Of Funds For Volunteer Programs In Local Authorities And Community Centers
  (a) To develop or expand a volunteer intellectual disability program in a local intellectual and developmental disability authority or a community center, the department may...
• Texas Section 533A.004 - Liens
  (a) In this section, "department facility" includes the ICF-IID component of the Rio Grande State Center. (a-1) The department and each community center has a...
• Texas Section 533A.005 - Easements
  The department, in coordination with the executive commissioner, may grant a temporary or permanent easement or right-of-way on land held by the department that relates...
• Texas Section 533A.006 - Reporting Of Allegations Against Physician
  (a) The department shall report to the Texas Medical Board any allegation received by the department that a physician employed by or under contract with...
• Texas Section 533A.007 - Use Of Criminal History Record Information
  (a) Subject to any applicable requirements of Chapter 250, the department, in relation to services provided under this title, or a local intellectual and developmental...
• Texas Section 533A.0075 - Exchange Of Employment Records
  The department, in relation to services provided under this title, or a local intellectual and developmental disability authority or community center, may exchange with one...
• Texas Section 533A.008 - Employment Opportunities For Individuals With Mental Illness Or An Intellectual Disability
  (a) Each department facility and community center shall annually assess the feasibility of converting entry level support positions into employment opportunities for individuals with mental...
• Texas Section 533A.009 - Exchange Of Client Records
  (a) Department facilities, local intellectual and developmental disability authorities, community centers, other designated providers, and subcontractors of intellectual disability services are component parts of one...
• Texas Section 533A.0095 - Collection And Maintenance Of Information Regarding Persons Found Not Guilty By Reason Of Insanity
  (a) The executive commissioner by rule shall require the department to collect information and maintain current records regarding a person found not guilty of an...
• Texas Section 533A.010 - Information Relating To Condition
  (a) A person, including a hospital, nursing facility, medical society, or other organization, may provide to the department or a medical organization, hospital, or hospital...
• Texas Section 533A.011 - Return Of Person With An Intellectual Disability To State Of Residence
  (a) In this section, "department facility" includes the ICF-IID component of the Rio Grande State Center. (a-1) The department may return a nonresident person with...
• Texas Section 533A.012 - Cooperation Of State Agencies
  At the department's request and in coordination with the executive commissioner, all state departments, agencies, officers, and employees shall cooperate with the department in activities...
• Texas Section 533A.015 - Unannounced Inspections
  The department may make any inspection of a department facility or program under the department's jurisdiction under this title without announcing the inspection. Added by...
• Texas Section 533A.016 - Certain Procurements Of Goods And Services By Service Providers
  (a) This section does not apply to a "health and human services agency," as that term is defined by Section 531.001, Government Code. (a-1) A...
• Texas Section 533A.017 - Participation In Purchasing Contracts Or Group Purchasing Program
  (a) This section does not apply to a "health and human services agency," as that term is defined by Section 531.001, Government Code. (b) The...

SUBCHAPTER B POWERS AND DUTIES RELATING TO PROVISION OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY SERVICES

• Texas Section 533A.018 - Revenue From Special Olympics Texas License Plates
  Annually, the department shall distribute the money deposited under Section 504.621, Transportation Code, to the credit of the account created in the trust fund created...
• Texas Section 533A.031 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Elderly resident" means a person 65 years of age or older residing in a department facility. (2) "ICF-IID and related waiver...
• Texas Section 533A.032 - Long-range Planning
  (a) The department shall have a long-range plan relating to the provision of services under this title covering at least six years that includes at...
• Texas Section 533A.0325 - Continuum Of Services In Department Facilities
  The executive commissioner by rule shall establish criteria regarding the uses of department facilities as part of a full continuum of services under this title....
• Texas Section 533A.0335 - Comprehensive Assessment And Resource Allocation Process
  (a) In this section: (1) "Advisory committee" means the Intellectual and Developmental Disability System Redesign Advisory Committee established under Section 534.053, Government Code. (2) "Functional...
• Texas Section 533A.034 - Authority To Contract For Community-based Services
  The department may cooperate, negotiate, and contract with local agencies, hospitals, private organizations and foundations, community centers, physicians, and other persons to plan, develop, and...
• Texas Section 533A.0345 - State Agency Services Standards
  (a) The executive commissioner by rule shall develop model program standards for intellectual disability services for use by each state agency that provides or pays...
• Texas Section 533A.035 - Local Intellectual And Developmental Disability Authorities
  (a) The executive commissioner shall designate a local intellectual and developmental disability authority in one or more local service areas. The executive commissioner may delegate...
• Texas Section 533A.0352 - Local Authority Planning For Local Service Area
  (a) Each local intellectual and developmental disability authority shall develop a local service area plan to maximize the authority's services by using the best and...
• Texas Section 533A.0355 - Local Intellectual And Developmental Disability Authority Responsibilities
  (a) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules establishing the roles and responsibilities of local intellectual and developmental disability authorities. (b) In adopting rules under this...
• Texas Section 533A.03551 - Flexible, Low-cost Housing Options
  (a) To the extent permitted under federal law and regulations, the executive commissioner shall adopt or amend rules as necessary to allow for the development...
• Texas Section 533A.03552 - Behavioral Supports For Individuals With Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities At Risk Of Institutionalization; Intervention Teams
  (a) Subject to the availability of federal funding, the department shall develop and implement specialized training for providers, family members, caregivers, and first responders providing...
• Texas Section 533A.037 - Service Programs And Sheltered Workshops
  (a) The department may provide intellectual disability services through halfway houses, sheltered workshops, community centers, and other intellectual disability services programs. (b) The department may...
• Texas Section 533A.038 - Facilities And Services For Clients With An Intellectual Disability
  (a) In this section, "department facility" includes the ICF-IID component of the Rio Grande State Center. (a-1) The department may designate all or any part...
• Texas Section 533A.040 - Services For Children And Youth
  The department shall ensure the development of programs and the expansion of services at the community level for children with an intellectual disability, or with...
• Texas Section 533A.0415 - Memorandum Of Understanding On Interagency Training
  (a) The executive commissioner, the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, and the Texas Education Agency by rule shall adopt a joint memorandum of understanding to develop...
• Texas Section 533A.042 - Evaluation Of Elderly Residents
  (a) The department shall evaluate each elderly resident at least annually to determine if the resident can be appropriately served in a less restrictive setting....

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES RELATING TO ICF-IID PROGRAM

• Texas Section 533A.043 - Proposals For Geriatric Care
  (a) The department shall solicit proposals from community providers to operate community residential programs for elderly residents at least every two years. (b) The department...
• Texas Section 533A.062 - Plan On Long-term Care For Persons With An Intellectual Disability
  (a) The department shall biennially develop a proposed plan on long-term care for persons with an intellectual disability. (b) The proposed plan must specify the...

SUBCHAPTER D POWERS AND DUTIES RELATING TO DEPARTMENT FACILITIES

• Texas Section 533A.066 - Information Relating To Icf-iid Program
  (a) At least annually, the department shall sponsor a conference on the ICF-IID program to: (1) assist providers in understanding survey rules; (2) review deficiencies...
• Texas Section 533A.081 - Development Of Facility Budgets
  The department, in budgeting for a facility, shall use uniform costs for specific types of services a facility provides unless a legitimate reason exists and...
• Texas Section 533A.082 - Determination Of Savings In Facilities
  (a) The department shall determine the degree to which the costs of operating department facilities for persons with an intellectual disability in compliance with applicable...
• Texas Section 533A.083 - Criteria For Expansion, Closure, Or Consolidation Of Facility
  The department shall establish objective criteria for determining when a new facility may be needed and when a state supported living center may be expanded,...
• Texas Section 533A.084 - Management Of Surplus Real Property
  (a) To the extent provided by this subtitle, the department, in coordination with the executive commissioner, may lease, transfer, or otherwise dispose of any surplus...
• Texas Section 533A.0846 - Intellectual Disability Community Services Account
  (a) The intellectual disability community services account is an account in the general revenue fund that may be appropriated only for the provision of intellectual...
• Texas Section 533A.085 - Facilities For Inmate And Parolee Care
  (a) With the written approval of the governor, the department may contract with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to transfer facilities to the Texas...

SUBCHAPTER E JAIL DIVERSION PROGRAM

• Texas Section 533A.087 - Lease Of Real Property
  (a) The department, in coordination with the executive commissioner, may lease real property related to the provision of services under this title, including any improvements...
• Texas Section 533A.108 - Prioritization Of Funding For Diversion Of Persons From Incarceration In Certain Counties
  (a) A local intellectual and developmental disability authority may develop and may prioritize its available funding for: (1) a system to divert members of the...

Last modified: September 28, 2016