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The quality of the environment where disabled
persons are treated and housed must include
facilities which comply with all safety codes with
federal and state guidelines to ensure accessible,
barrier-free facilities.
Alternative 2: Omit legislative action and carry out
the HHSCC comparative analysis. Prepare an action
plan and report it to the agency members for
implementation.
EXHIBIT A
COMPOSITION OF THE
TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
COORDINATING COUNCIL (HHSCC)
Governor (Chairman of HHSCC)
Lieutenant Governor (Vice-Chairman of HHSCC)
Speaker of the House (Adjunct Vice-Chairman of
HHSCC)
Chairman, Texas Board of Health
Chairman, State Board of Education
Chairman, Texas Board of Human Services
Chairman, Texas Board of Mental Health and
Mental Retardation
Executive Director, Texas Department of
Community Affairs
Chair, Texas Rehabilitation Commission Board
Chairman, Juvenile Probation Board
Two State Senators
Two State Representatives
Six Citizen RepresentativesALTERNATIVE SELECTED
The two alternatives are complementary. State
agencies must coordinate with the private sector to
eliminate fragmentation. There will be the need to
contract for privately offered services where public
services would prove too costly for a limited number
of clients.
The recommended solution to the fragmented H&R
delivery system is Alternative 1. It will allow and
encourage the agencies to do the job. It should
save money and serve a larger number of people
more efficiently.
Recommendations:
1. Clarify health and human services agencies'
mandates and eligibility requirements and
standardize definitions of disabling conditions
through a study by the Health and Human
Services Coordinating Council. With advisoryassistance of the Human Services Interagency
Committee, the study should include a
comparative analysis of all habilitation and
rehabilitation programs; an action plan to
coordinate or combine as many services as
feasible; and its conclusions about needed
legislative action.
2. Call on the private sector, through the Health and
Human Services Coordinating Council, to par-
ticipate as fully as possible in the activities
outlined in Alternative 1.
3. Provide accessible barrier-free facilities for the
disabled by insuring that facilities where these
individuals are treated and housed meet all safety
codes and comply with federal and state
guidelines.
4. Provide interdisciplinary guidelines for funding
multiple disability habilitation and rehabilitation ser-
vices to prevent persons with multiple disabilities
from being denied services.
EXHIBIT B
STATE AGENCIES UNDER THE PURVIEW
OF THE HHSCC
AS CITED BY THE STATUTE
Texas Department on Aging
Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Commission for the Blind
Texas School for the Blind
Child Support Enforcement of Attorney
General's Office
Texas Department of Community Affairs
Commission for the Deaf
Texas School for the Deaf
Texas Education Agency
Texas Employment Commission
Texas Department of Health
Texas Department of Human Services
Texas Indian Commission
Juvenile Probation Commission
Texas Department of Mental Health and
Mental Retardation
Texas Rehabilitation Commission
Texas Youth Commission1987-88 TEXAS STATE HEALTH PLAN
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