Bill Text: TX HB3282 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the coordination of, communication of best practices concerning, and collection of information pertaining to the provision of evidence-based behavioral services for students with autism spectrum disorder in this state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-13 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB3282 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3282-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Simmons, Farney | H.B. No. 3282 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3282: | |||
| By: Aycock | C.S.H.B. No. 3282 | ||
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| relating to the coordination of, communication of best practices | ||
| concerning, and collection of information pertaining to the | ||
| provision of evidence-based behavioral services for students with | ||
| autism spectrum disorder in this state. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 61, Education Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Subchapter P to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER P. AUTISM SERVICES | ||
| Sec. 61.781. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "autism | ||
| program" means: | ||
| (1) a public entity that provides evidence-based | ||
| behavioral services, including applied behavior analysis services | ||
| for children with autism spectrum disorder; and | ||
| (2) an autism research center at a public or private | ||
| institution of higher education that provides evidence-based | ||
| behavioral services, including applied behavior analysis services | ||
| for children with autism spectrum disorder, under a grant contract | ||
| with the board. | ||
| Sec. 61.782. COORDINATION OF SERVICES; COMMUNICATION ON | ||
| BEST PRACTICES. (a) The board shall ensure communication and | ||
| coordination among the board, autism programs, school districts, | ||
| the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services, and other | ||
| state agencies providing evidence-based behavioral services to | ||
| children with autism spectrum disorder in this state regarding best | ||
| practices for delivering those services. | ||
| (b) An autism program, a school district, the Department of | ||
| Assistive and Rehabilitative Services, or another state agency that | ||
| provides evidence-based behavioral services to children with | ||
| autism spectrum disorder in this state shall comply with a request | ||
| for information concerning the provision of those services made by | ||
| the board for the purpose of complying with this subchapter. | ||
| Sec. 61.783. STATEWIDE AUTISM DATABASE; REPORT. (a) The | ||
| board shall maintain a statewide autism database of information | ||
| regarding the number of children served through each autism program | ||
| and through each state agency providing evidence-based behavioral | ||
| services to children with autism spectrum disorder in this state, | ||
| the effectiveness of those programs and services, statewide best | ||
| practices for the delivery of those programs and services, and the | ||
| identification of underserved regions of the state with regard to | ||
| those programs and services. | ||
| (b) Annually, the board shall submit to the legislature a | ||
| report on the information maintained in the database. | ||
| (c) The board may not include in the database personal | ||
| information of any kind pertaining to a child receiving services | ||
| from an autism program or a state agency or pertaining to the | ||
| child's family. | ||
| (d) The board shall make the database readily accessible | ||
| online. | ||
| Sec. 61.784. RULES. The board shall adopt rules as | ||
| necessary for the administration of this subchapter. | ||
| SECTION 2. SELECT COMMITTEES ON AUTISM SERVICES. (a) Not | ||
| later than November 30, 2015: | ||
| (1) the speaker of the house of representatives shall | ||
| appoint to a House Select Committee on Statewide Coordination of | ||
| Autism Services seven members with one member designated as chair; | ||
| and | ||
| (2) the lieutenant governor shall appoint to a Senate | ||
| Select Committee on Statewide Coordination of Autism Services five | ||
| members with one member designated as chair. | ||
| (b) The committees established under this section may meet | ||
| separately at the call of the chair of the committee or jointly at | ||
| the call of both chairs. In joint meetings, the chairs shall act as | ||
| joint chairs. | ||
| (c) The committees established under this section, meeting | ||
| separately or jointly, shall review, study, and evaluate: | ||
| (1) autism service programs in other states; | ||
| (2) university programs in this state that provide | ||
| autism treatment and services; | ||
| (3) community agencies and organizations that provide | ||
| applied behavioral analysis (ABA) services; | ||
| (4) ways to improve communication and coordination | ||
| among entities providing autism services across the state; | ||
| (5) areas of the state that are most underserved with | ||
| regard to autism services; and | ||
| (6) ways to provide autism services to more children. | ||
| (d) Following consideration of the factors described by | ||
| Subsection (c) of this section, the committees established under | ||
| this section shall jointly adopt recommendations related to the | ||
| reviewed topics and shall provide a written report to the | ||
| legislature of the committees' recommendations for legislative or | ||
| other action not later than January 13, 2017. | ||
| (e) This section expires September 1, 2017. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
