Bill Text: TX HB428 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a task force to evaluate the housing needs of senior citizens who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-12 - Left pending in committee [HB428 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB428-Introduced.html
| By: Lopez of Bexar | H.B. No. 428 | |
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| relating to the creation of a task force to evaluate the housing | ||
| needs of senior citizens who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, | ||
| transgender, queer, or questioning. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. (a) In this section, "task force" means the task | ||
| force established under this section. | ||
| (b) The task force is established to evaluate the housing | ||
| needs of senior citizens who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, | ||
| transgender, queer, or questioning and to develop potential housing | ||
| solutions to address those needs and provide to those senior | ||
| citizens safe, affordable housing options. In conducting the | ||
| evaluation, the task force shall assess the evolving housing needs | ||
| of senior citizens who may need to transition into a long-term care | ||
| facility, including an assisted living facility or a nursing | ||
| facility. | ||
| (c) The task force is composed of the following 10 members: | ||
| (1) the chair of the LGBTQ caucus of the house of | ||
| representatives, to serve as presiding officer of the task force; | ||
| (2) three members appointed by the governor; | ||
| (3) three members appointed by the lieutenant | ||
| governor; and | ||
| (4) three members appointed by the speaker of the | ||
| house of representatives. | ||
| (d) In making the appointments under Subsection (c) of this | ||
| section, the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the | ||
| house of representatives shall each: | ||
| (1) seek input from appropriately qualified | ||
| organizations and stakeholders, including the Coalition for Aging | ||
| LGBT and Equality Texas; and | ||
| (2) appoint: | ||
| (A) an appropriately qualified individual who is | ||
| a representative of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, | ||
| or questioning community; | ||
| (B) an individual with appropriate expertise on | ||
| issues faced by the aging population, which may be a representative | ||
| of the Coalition for Aging LGBT, assisted living facilities, or | ||
| nursing facilities; and | ||
| (C) an individual with appropriate expertise in | ||
| the area of public safety and housing, which may be a representative | ||
| of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs. | ||
| (e) The governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the | ||
| house of representatives shall each make the appointments required | ||
| by Subsection (c) of this section not later than November 1, 2023. | ||
| (f) The task force shall meet at the call of the presiding | ||
| officer. The task force may meet in person or by electronic means. | ||
| (g) A task force member is not entitled to compensation for | ||
| service on the task force but may be reimbursed for actual and | ||
| necessary expenses incurred in performing task force duties. The | ||
| task force may accept gifts, grants, and donations to pay for those | ||
| expenses. | ||
| (h) Not later than September 1, 2024, the task force shall | ||
| prepare and submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the | ||
| legislature, and the Texas Department of Housing and Community | ||
| Affairs a written report summarizing the results of the evaluation | ||
| conducted under Subsection (b) of this section and proposing | ||
| potential housing solutions, including any legislative | ||
| recommendations. | ||
| (i) The task force is abolished and this Act expires | ||
| December 1, 2024. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
