Bill Text: TX HB3128 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to a review of the home- and community-based services workforce.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-18 - Referred to Human Services [HB3128 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB3128-Introduced.html

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82R10690 MAW-D
By: Naishtat H.B. No. 3128

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a review of the home- and community-based services
workforce.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 531.0251 to read as follows:
Sec. 531.0251. REVIEW OF HOME- AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES
WORKFORCE; REPORT. (a) The commission shall conduct a review of
the home- and community-based services workforce in this state.
The review must include collecting and analyzing the following
information:
(1) the number of home- and community-based service
providers in this state;
(2) demographic characteristics regarding the home-
and community-based services workforce, including an analysis of
the workforce based on geography, age, and gender;
(3) the average number of hours worked per week for a
home- and community-based service provider;
(4) the number of home- and community-based service
providers receiving public assistance, including Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families, Supplemental Security Income, or
Medicaid benefits; and
(5) other similar information as determined by the
commission.
(b) Not later than September 1, 2013, the commission shall
report the results of the review conducted under Subsection (a) to
the interagency task force established under Section 531.02441.
(c) This section expires September 1, 2013.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.