2023 Texas Statutes › Government Code › Title 4 - Executive Branch › Subtitle I - Health and Human Services › Chapter 531 - Health and Human Services Commission › Subchapter A. General Provisions; Organization of Commission › Section 531.003. Goals

Text of section effective until April 01, 2025
Sec. 531.003.  GOALS.  The commission's goals are to:
(1)  maximize federal funds through the efficient use of available state and local resources;
(2)  provide a system that delivers prompt, comprehensive, effective services to the people of this state by:
(A)  improving access to health and human services at the local level;  and
(B)  eliminating architectural, communications, programmatic, and transportation barriers;
(3)  promote the health of the people of this state by:
(A)  reducing the incidence of disease and disabling conditions;
(B)  increasing the availability of health care services;
(C)  improving the quality of health care services;
(D)  addressing the high incidence of certain illnesses and conditions of minority populations;
(E)  increasing the availability of trained health care professionals;
(F)  improving knowledge of health care needs;
(G)  reducing infant death and disease;
(H)  reducing the impact of mental disorders in adults;
(I)  reducing the impact of emotional disturbances in children;
(J)  increasing participation in nutrition programs;
(K)  increasing nutritional education;  and
(L)  reducing substance abuse;
(4)  foster the development of responsible, productive, and self-sufficient citizens by:
(A)  improving workforce skills;
(B)  increasing employment, earnings, and benefits;
(C)  increasing housing opportunities;
(D)  increasing child-care and other dependent-care services;
(E)  improving education and vocational training to meet specific career goals;
(F)  reducing school dropouts;
(G)  reducing teen pregnancy;
(H)  improving parental effectiveness;
(I)  increasing support services for people with disabilities;
(J)  increasing services to help people with disabilities maintain or increase their independence;
(K)  improving access to work sites, accommodations, transportation, and other public places and activities covered by the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Section 12101 et seq.);  and
(L)  improving services to juvenile offenders;
(5)  provide needed resources and services to the people of this state when they cannot provide or care for themselves by:
(A)  increasing support services for adults and their families during periods of unemployment, financial need, or homelessness;
(B)  reducing extended dependency on basic support services;  and
(C)  increasing the availability and diversity of long-term care provided to support people with chronic conditions in settings that focus on community-based services with options ranging from their own homes to total-care facilities;
(6)  protect the physical and emotional safety of all the people of this state by:
(A)  reducing abuse, neglect, and exploitation of elderly people and adults with disabilities;
(B)  reducing child abuse and neglect;
(C)  reducing family violence;
(D)  increasing services to truants and runaways, children at risk of truancy or running away, and their families;
(E)  reducing crime and juvenile delinquency;
(F)  reducing community health risks;  and
(G)  improving regulation of human services providers;  and
(7)  improve the coordination and delivery of children's services.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 8.002(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 3.01(2), eff. April 1, 2025.