HUMAN RESOURCES CODE

CHAPTER 132. FACILITATION OF DELIVERY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


	§ 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, § 8.114(a), eff. Sept. 1, 
1995.   


	§ 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, § 8.114(a), eff. Sept. 1, 
1995.   


	§ 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, § 8.114(a), eff. Sept. 1, 
1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, § 21.06, 
21.07(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 53, § 3, 
eff. Sept. 1, 2001.