Bill Text: TX HB3080 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a closure plan for the Austin State Supported Living Center.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-13 - Referred to Human Services [HB3080 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3080-Introduced.html
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| By: Klick | H.B. No. 3080 | |
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| relating to a closure plan for the Austin State Supported Living | ||
| Center. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. CLOSURE PLAN. (a) The Health and Human Services | ||
| Commission, in collaboration with stakeholders, shall establish a | ||
| closure plan for the Austin State Supported Living Center. The plan | ||
| must provide for closure of the facility and operations of the | ||
| Austin State Supported Living Center not later than August 31, | ||
| 2024. | ||
| (b) The Health and Human Services Commission shall | ||
| transition as many individuals to the community as possible, while | ||
| maintaining respect for resident choice. The closure plan must | ||
| provide procedures to transition individuals using all available | ||
| placements, including access to placement under a home and | ||
| community-based services (HCS) waiver program, intermediate care | ||
| facility, or other state supported living center. The Health and | ||
| Human Services Commission must involve in the planning process | ||
| community providers, residents, individuals with an intellectual | ||
| or developmental disability who are receiving home and | ||
| community-based (HCS) waiver services, and other stakeholders. | ||
| (c) The Health and Human Services Commission shall develop a | ||
| plan, in collaboration with a representative of the Austin State | ||
| Supported Living Center employees, to transition current employees | ||
| to other employment. The Health and Human Services Commission may | ||
| award one-time retention bonuses to each direct support | ||
| professional, qualified intellectual disability professional, | ||
| social worker, and case manager who agrees to continue to provide | ||
| services at the Austin State Supported Living Center until the | ||
| center is closed. | ||
| (d) Any proceeds from the closure, including from the sale | ||
| or lease of facilities or other property, may be appropriated only | ||
| for services for persons with intellectual and developmental | ||
| disabilities, including persons with a dual diagnosis of | ||
| intellectual and developmental disabilities and mental illness. | ||
| (e) Not later than August 31, 2025, the Health and Human | ||
| Services Commission, in collaboration with stakeholders, shall | ||
| evaluate the closure process, including how well the closure plan | ||
| worked and outcomes for residents transitioned, and, if | ||
| appropriate, shall develop recommended policies for future | ||
| closures of other state supported living centers. | ||
| SECTION 2. EXPIRATION. This Act expires August 31, 2025. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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, 2019. | ||
