Section 546.0152 - [Effective 4/1/2025] Community-Based Support And Service Delivery Systems For Long-Term Care Services(a) The commission shall assist communities in this state to develop comprehensive, community-based support and service delivery systems for long-term care services. At a community's request, the commission shall provide resources and assistance to the community to enable the community to: (1) identify and overcome institutional barriers to developing more comprehensive community support systems, including barriers that result from the policies and procedures of state health and human services agencies;(2) develop a system of blended funds, consistent with federal law and the General Appropriations Act, to allow the community to customize services to fit individual community needs; and(3) develop a local system of access and assistance to aid clients in accessing the full range of long-term care services.(b) At the request of a community-based organization or a combination of community-based organizations, the commission may provide a grant to the organization or organizations in accordance with this subchapter.(c) In implementing this subchapter, the commission shall consider models used in other service delivery systems. (Gov. Code, Secs. 531.02481(a), (d).)Tex. Gov't. Code § 546.0152
Added by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 769,Sec. 1.01, eff. 4/1/2025.