{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-161.154","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Human Resources Code § 161.154","heading":"RESPITE SERVICES CONTRACTS.","body":"(a) The department shall contract with at least three eligible community-based organizations or local governmental entities selected by the department to:\n(1) provide respite services; and\n(2) facilitate access to respite services.\n(b) The department may award a contract under this section only after issuing a request for proposals for the contract.\n(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:\n(1) coordinating support services for multiple groups of persons who need support services, including persons with a physical or intellectual disability and elderly persons;\n(2) connecting caregivers with respite services providers;\n(3) maintaining and providing information regarding available respite services; and\n(4) conducting public awareness activities regarding available respite services.\n(d) The department shall include in each contract with a respite services coordinator provisions requiring the coordinator to:\n(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\n(2) connect caregivers participating in the program with available respite services.\n(e) The department shall provide each community-based organization or local governmental entity with which the department contracts under this subchapter with:\n(1) technical assistance; and\n(2) policy and program development support.\n(f) The department shall monitor a contractor's performance under a contract entered into under this subchapter using clearly defined and measurable performance objectives.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 330 (H.B. 802), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.","path":["HUMAN RESOURCES CODE","TITLE 11. AGING, COMMUNITY-BASED, AND LONG-TERM CARE SERVICES","CHAPTER 161. DEPARTMENT OF AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER F. LIFESPAN RESPITE SERVICES PROGRAM"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.161.htm#161.154","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:18Z","sha256":"1ff65f372b6523afcc5df2e0d1cf4e290461a03434710e3cd9983b36f2d08ea0","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-161.153","next":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-161.155"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}