Text of section effective on April 01, 2025
Sec. 523.0002.  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 individuals of this state by:
(A)  improving access to health and human services at the local level; and
(B)  eliminating architectural, communication, programmatic, and transportation barriers;
(3)  promote the health of individuals of this state by:
(A)  reducing the incidence of disease and disabling conditions;
(B)  increasing the availability and improving the quality of health care services;
(C)  addressing the high incidence of certain illnesses and conditions in minority populations;
(D)  increasing the availability of trained health care professionals;
(E)  improving knowledge of health care needs;
(F)  reducing infant death and disease;
(G)  reducing the impacts of mental disorders in adults and emotional disturbances in children;
(H)  increasing nutritional education and participation in nutrition programs; and
(I)  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 and teen pregnancy;
(G)  improving parental effectiveness;
(H)  increasing support services for individuals with disabilities and services to help those individuals maintain or increase their independence;
(I)  improving access to work sites, accommodations, transportation, and other public places and activities covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Section 12101 et seq.); and
(J)  improving services for juvenile offenders;
(5)  provide needed resources and services to individuals 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 individuals 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 individuals of this state by:
(A)  reducing abuse, neglect, and exploitation of elderly individuals and adults with disabilities;
(B)  reducing child abuse and neglect;
(C)  reducing family violence;
(D)  increasing services to children who are truant or who run away, or who are 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 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.