88R1533 KKR-F     By: Rose H.B. No. 728       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the statewide interagency aging services coordinating   council.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 531, Government Code, is amended by   adding Subchapter M-2 to read as follows:   SUBCHAPTER M-2. STATEWIDE INTERAGENCY AGING SERVICES COORDINATING   COUNCIL          Sec. 531.491.  DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "council"   means the statewide interagency aging services coordinating   council.          Sec. 531.492.  PURPOSE. The council is established to   ensure a strategic statewide approach to interagency aging   services.          Sec. 531.493.  COMPOSITION OF COUNCIL. (a)  Subject to   Subsection (b), the council is composed of at least one   representative designated by each of the following agencies and   entities:                (1)  the governor's office;                (2)  the commission, including one representative of   the commission's aging services coordination office;                (3)  the Department of Family and Protective Services;                (4)  the Department of State Health Services;                (5)  the Department of Agriculture's office of rural   health;                (6)  the Texas Veterans Commission;                (7)  the Texas Workforce Commission;                (8)  the office of the attorney general;                (9)  the Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging   Studies at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San   Antonio;                (10)  the Texas Aging and Longevity Center at The   University of Texas at Austin; and                (11)  the Center for Population Health and Aging at   Texas A&M University.          (b)  The executive commissioner shall determine the number   of representatives that each agency or entity may designate to   serve on the council.          (c)  The council may authorize another state agency or entity   that provides specific interagency aging services with the use of   appropriated money to designate a representative to the council.          (d)  A council member serves at the pleasure of the   designating entity.          Sec. 531.494.  PRESIDING OFFICER. The representative of the   commission's aging services coordination office designated under   Section 531.493(a) shall serve as the presiding officer.          Sec. 531.495.  MEETINGS. The council shall meet at least   once quarterly or more frequently at the call of the presiding   officer.          Sec. 531.496.  POWERS AND DUTIES. The council:                (1)  shall develop and submit to the executive   commissioner a five-year statewide interagency aging services   strategic plan;                (2)  shall develop a biennial coordinated statewide   interagency aging services expenditure proposal;                (3)  shall annually publish an updated inventory of   state-funded interagency aging programs and services that includes   a description of how those programs and services further the   purpose of the statewide interagency aging services strategic plan;                (4)  may facilitate opportunities to increase   collaboration for the effective expenditure of available federal   and state money for interagency aging services in this state; and                (5)  may establish subcommittees as necessary to carry   out the council's duties under this subchapter.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2023.