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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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HUMAN RESOURCES CODE |
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Title 9. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES |
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Chapter 134. INTERAGENCY COUNCIL FOR GENETIC SERVICES |
Sec. 134.0041. RESOURCE ALLOCATION PLAN
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(a) The council biennially shall develop a resource allocation plan recommending how funds for genetic services should be spent during the next fiscal biennium.
(b) A state agency, medical school, or other entity affected by the plan shall cooperate with the council and shall submit to the council any information required by the council to develop the plan.
(c) The council shall hold public hearings to gather information necessary to prepare the plan.
(d) The plan prepared by the council shall clearly identify the level of financial resources needed to fully implement the plan and the recommended service delivery system that should be used by each state agency, medical school, or other entity that provides genetic services and receives for those services state funds or federal funds that are appropriated by the state.
(e) The council must approve the plan by a majority vote not later than June 1 of each even-numbered year. The council shall distribute the plan to each affected agency or medical school and to each entity the council considers appropriate.
(f) The plan is advisory in nature and is to be used as a guideline in the performance of statutory responsibilities. No liability shall attach due to an agency's or school's decision to deviate from the plan.
(g) A state agency or medical school affected by the plan shall use the plan as the basis for its request for appropriations during the next biennium unless the agency or school disagrees with the plan. If the agency or school disagrees with the plan or intends to deviate from the plan in its budget request, the agency or school shall submit to the council, Legislative Budget Board, and governor's budget office a written explanation of each disagreement or deviation and the reason for the disagreement or deviation. The state agency or medical school must submit the written explanation not later than November 1 of the year in which the plan is prepared.