Section 2306.1096 - Duties; Biennial Report(a) The council shall:(1) develop and implement policies to coordinate and increase state efforts to offer service-enriched housing;(2) identify barriers preventing or slowing service-enriched housing efforts, including barriers attributable to the following factors:(A) regulatory requirements and limitations;(B) administrative limitations;(C) limitations on funding; and(D) ineffective or limited coordination;(3) develop a system to cross-educate selected staff in state housing and health services agencies to increase the number of staff with expertise in both areas and to coordinate relevant staff activities of those agencies;(4) identify opportunities for state housing and health services agencies to provide technical assistance and training to local housing and health services entities about: (A) the cross-education of staff;(B) coordination among those entities; and(C) opportunities to increase local efforts to create service-enriched housing; and(5) develop suggested performance measures to track progress in:(A) the reduction or elimination of barriers in creating service-enriched housing;(B) increasing the coordination between state housing and health services agencies;(C) increasing the number of state housing and health services staff who are cross-educated or who have expertise in both housing and health services programs; and(D) the provision of technical assistance to local communities by state housing and health services staff to increase the number of service-enriched housing projects.(b) The council shall develop a biennial plan to implement the goals described by Subsection (a).(c) Not later than August 1 of each even-numbered year, the council shall deliver a report of the council's findings and recommendations to the governor and the Legislative Budget Board.Tex. Gov't. Code § 2306.1096
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 838, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2009.