(a) The council shall:
(1) develop and implement policies to coordinate and increase state efforts to offer service-enriched housing;
(2) identify barriers preventing or slowing service-enriched housing efforts, including barriers attributable to the following factors:
(A) regulatory requirements and limitations;
(B) administrative limitations;
(C) limitations on funding; and
(D) ineffective or limited coordination;
(3) develop a system to cross-educate selected staff in state housing and health services agencies to increase the number of staff with expertise in both areas and to coordinate relevant staff activities of those agencies;
(4) identify opportunities for state housing and health services agencies to provide technical assistance and training to local housing and health services entities about:
(A) the cross-education of staff;
(B) coordination among those entities; and
(C) opportunities to increase local efforts to create service-enriched housing; and
(5) develop suggested performance measures to track progress in:
(A) the reduction or elimination of barriers in creating service-enriched housing;
(B) increasing the coordination between state housing and health services agencies;
(C) increasing the number of state housing and health services staff who are cross-educated or who have expertise in both housing and health services programs; and
(D) the provision of technical assistance to local communities by state housing and health services staff to increase the number of service-enriched housing projects.
(b) The council shall develop a biennial plan to implement the goals described by Subsection (a).

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(c) Not later than August 1 of each even-numbered year, the council shall deliver a report of the council’s findings and recommendations to the governor and the Legislative Budget Board.