2023 Texas Statutes › Government Code › Title 4 - Executive Branch › Subtitle I - Health and Human Services › Chapter 546 - Long-Term Care and Support Options for Individuals With Disabilities and Elderly Individuals › Subchapter B. Care Settings and Service and Support Options › Section 546.0055. Implementation of Community Living Options Information Process at State Institutions for Certain Adult Residents

Text of section effective on April 01, 2025
Sec. 546.0055.  IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMUNITY LIVING OPTIONS INFORMATION PROCESS AT STATE INSTITUTIONS FOR CERTAIN ADULT RESIDENTS.  (a)  In this section:
(1)  "Adult resident" means an individual with an intellectual disability who:
(A)  is at least 22 years of age; and
(B)  resides in a state supported living center.
(2)  "State supported living center" has the meaning assigned by Section 531.002, Health and Safety Code.
(b)  This section applies only to the community living options information process for an adult resident.
(c)  The commission shall contract with local intellectual and developmental disability authorities to implement the community living options information process required by Section 546.0054 for an adult resident.
(d)  The commission's contract with a local intellectual and developmental disability authority must:
(1)  delegate to the local authority the commission's duties under Section 546.0054 with regard to implementing the community living options information process at a state supported living center;
(2)  include performance measures designed to assist the commission in evaluating the effectiveness of the local authority in implementing the community living options information process; and
(3)  ensure that the local authority provides service coordination and relocation services to an adult resident who chooses, is eligible for, and is recommended by the interdisciplinary team for a community living option to facilitate a timely, appropriate, and successful transition from the state supported living center to the community living option.
(e)  The commission, with the advice and assistance of representatives of family members or legally authorized representatives of adult residents, individuals with an intellectual disability, state supported living centers, and local intellectual and developmental disability authorities, shall:
(1)  develop an effective community living options information process;
(2)  create uniform procedures for implementing the community living options information process; and
(3)  minimize any potential conflict of interest regarding the community living options information process between a state supported living center and an adult resident, an adult resident's legally authorized representative, or a local intellectual and developmental disability authority.
(f)  A state supported living center shall:
(1)  allow a local intellectual and developmental disability authority to participate in the interdisciplinary planning process involving the consideration of community living options for an adult resident;
(2)  to the extent not otherwise prohibited by state or federal confidentiality laws, provide a local intellectual and developmental disability authority with access to an adult resident and an adult resident's records to assist the authority in implementing the community living options information process; and
(3)  provide an adult resident or the adult resident's legally authorized representative with accurate information regarding the risks of moving the adult resident to a community living option.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.