CHAPTER 132. FACILITATION OF DELIVERY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - Texas Statutes

HUMAN RESOURCES CODE

TITLE 9. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

CHAPTER 132. FACILITATION OF DELIVERY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN

SERVICES

Sec. 132.001. GOVERNOR'S AGENDA. (a) The governor shall

establish an agenda that addresses needed adjustments in federal

legislation, agency rules and regulations, programs, and policies

that affect:

(1) health and human services delivery;

(2) client and provider eligibility;

(3) administration; and

(4) funding.

(b) The governor shall develop and amend the agenda in

conjunction and cooperation with federal and state elected

officials, state agency staff, and executive directors of state

agencies providing health and human services programs.

(c) The agenda must include:

(1) a list of specific issues of federal law or policy

identified and ranked by health and human services agencies;

(2) impact statements concerning the needed adjustments to

federal law or policy;

(3) a discussion of fiscal matters concerning each ranked issue;

and

(4) specific recommendations for changes in federal law or

policy.

(d) The governor shall submit the agenda to the Texas

congressional delegation and to the Office of State-Federal

Relations and shall annually amend the agenda and rank agenda

items. The agenda must identify issues of federal law, rules and

regulations, or programs of common concern to different state

agencies and programs.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 8.114(a), eff. Sept.

1, 1995.

Sec. 132.002. EXPANSION OF CLIENT ELIGIBILITY SCREENING AND

DETERMINATION. (a) Based on a cost-benefit analysis, the Texas

Department of Human Services, where feasible, shall relocate an

employee with the ability to certify eligibility for financial

and medical programs to an office or facility that would enhance

client access.

(b) Based on a cost-benefit analysis, the Health and Human

Services Commission shall coordinate the expansion and use of

integrated eligibility screening instruments and the relocation

of state employees on a timetable determined by the commission.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 8.114(a), eff. Sept.

1, 1995.

Sec. 132.003. LOCATION OF OFFICES AND FACILITIES. (a) As

leases on office space expire, the Health and Human Services

Commission shall determine the needs for space and the location

of offices of the health and human services agencies to enable

the commission to achieve a cost-effective, one-stop or service

center method of service delivery.

(b) In this section, "health and human services agencies"

includes the:

(1) Interagency Council on Early Childhood Intervention

Services;

(2) Texas Department on Aging;

(3) Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse;

(4) Texas Commission for the Blind;

(5) Texas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing;

(6) Texas Department of Health;

(7) Texas Department of Human Services;

(8) Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation;

(9) Texas Rehabilitation Commission; and

(10) Department of Protective and Regulatory Services.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 8.114(a), eff. Sept.

1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 21.06,

21.07(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 53, Sec.

3, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.