Sec. 117.077.  DATA ANALYSIS IN FAMILY COST SHARE PROVISIONS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION PROGRAM.  (a)  In this section, "cost-effective" means the family cost share revenue generated is greater than total administrative costs.
(b)  The department shall collect data, including data on administrative costs and adjusted family income, sufficient to evaluate:
(1)  the cost-effectiveness of the family cost share provisions of the early childhood intervention program; and
(2)  changes necessary to improve the cost-effectiveness of the program.
(c)  The department shall:
(1)  as necessary, modify the Texas Kids Intervention Data System to accept adjusted family income data submitted by early childhood intervention program providers; and
(2)  require all providers to enter adjusted family income data into the system.
(d)  The department shall use the data collected under this section to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of existing family cost share provisions in the early childhood intervention program and consider changes that may improve the cost-effectiveness of the program, including the adoption of a family cost share provision described by Section 117.078(a).
(e)  The department shall implement any changes considered under Subsection (d) that the department determines will make the family cost share provisions of the early childhood intervention program more cost-effective, if the changes will not make access to early childhood intervention services cost prohibitive for families.  If none of the considered changes is determined to make the program more cost-effective, or if the department determines that the changes will make access to early childhood intervention services cost prohibitive for families, the department may decline to implement the changes.
(f)  The department shall evaluate existing family cost share provisions and consider and implement changes, if appropriate, to the early childhood intervention program as required by this section:
(1)  on a periodic basis established by the department; and
(2)  at other times at the request of the Legislative Budget Board.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 468 (S.B. 1060), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.