Section 161.154 - Respite Services Contracts(a) The department shall contract with at least three eligible community-based organizations or local governmental entities selected by the department to: (1) provide respite services; and(2) facilitate access to respite services.(b) The department may award a contract under this section only after issuing a request for proposals for the contract.(c) A community-based organization or local governmental entity is eligible to contract under this section only if the organization or entity has experience in and an existing procedure for:(1) coordinating support services for multiple groups of persons who need support services, including persons with a physical or intellectual disability and elderly persons;(2) connecting caregivers with respite services providers;(3) maintaining and providing information regarding available respite services; and(4) conducting public awareness activities regarding available respite services.(d) The department shall include in each contract with a respite services coordinator provisions requiring the coordinator to:(1) subject to the availability of money, provide vouchers for respite services to caregivers participating in the program who are not eligible for respite services provided through other programs; and(2) connect caregivers participating in the program with available respite services.(e) The department shall provide each community-based organization or local governmental entity with which the department contracts under this subchapter with:(1) technical assistance; and(2) policy and program development support.(f) The department shall monitor a contractor's performance under a contract entered into under this subchapter using clearly defined and measurable performance objectives.Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 161.154
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 330, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2009.