(a) The Texas Department of Human Services, the Texas
Department of Health, the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental
Retardation, the Texas Rehabilitation Commission, the Texas Commission
for the Blind, the Texas Commission for the Deaf, the Texas Education
Agency, the Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services,
and the Texas Interagency Council on Early Childhood Intervention
are required under the provisions of the Human Resources Code, §22.011,
to adopt a joint memorandum of understanding to facilitate the coordination
of services to persons with disabilities.
(b) This memorandum of understanding will clarify the
financial and service responsibilities of each agency in relation
to persons with disabilities and address how each agency will share
data relating to services delivered to persons with disabilities.
Each agency will adopt this memorandum of understanding and all revisions
to the memorandum by rule. Consultation and input from advocacy and
consumer groups will be obtained during the public comment period
for proposed rule publication. Appropriate revisions to this memorandum
of understanding will be made based on public comment.
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Source Note: The provisions of this §3.51 adopted to be effective September 1, 1993, 18 TexReg 5595; transferred effective November 29, 2024, as published in the November 8, 2024, issue of the Texas Register, 49 TexReg 9027 |