Texas State Health Plan: 1985, Appendix A Page: 3
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at the local level with a lot less money. There must be an appreciation of
future trends and a willingness to focus efforts for change and progress at the
local and state levels if problems are to be solved.
The future trends show that the number of disabled persons is increasing, that
too few outpatient H&R services exist, that the services must be publicized to
both the disabled and the providers, and that the services must be made
accessible to those in need. All of these needs can be met if there is a
willingness on the part of the state and local leaders to act in concert and
cooperation. The most pervasive problems will yield to such efforts.
Major Concern Referred to Proponent Organizations The second concern selected
by the Statewide Health Coordinating Council (SI1CC) to be referred to those
state agencies and proponent organizations is the need for increased community
level outpatient H&R services. Tt can he seen from the H&R narrative section
that a real need for additional services does exist.
The available data does not aid in identifying the specific services needed in a
specific town, city, or county. As the implementors move to establish the
transportation system described under the first priority, the non-profit
corporations which will operate the transportation system will collect in-
formation and data on its medical care riders. That information will include
the disabling condition/s, residence, location of outpatient service attended,
and an outreach publicity and education program. All of this information will
be sent to the 'Texas Transportation Agency' for transmittal to the state and
federal agencies for a determination of its eligible client population in the
rural counties of the state.
As this process moves forward, the state and federal agencies will be able to
identify the disabled by their location, condition, services used, and the
needed services. The gaps in services can he determined and where the
transportation system does not provide the means of accessing the needed
services, then, and only then, can the responsible state and local agencies
undertake to establish and offer the needed H&R outpatient services.
The need for manpower training must he planned for by the various training
schools, colleges and universities, based on shared information from the state
and local agencies.
Those same state agencies which will be joined together in the 'Texas Trans-
portation Agency' solution to the first priority are the primary implementing
agencies in this second priority. They are the Texas Department of Health
(TDH), Texas Rehabilitation Commission (TRC), Texas Youth Commission (TYC),
Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation (TDMHMR), Texas
Commission for the Deaf (TCD), Texas Department of Human Resources (TDHR), Texas
Commission for the Blind (TCB), Texas Commission on Alcoholism (TCA), Texas
Department on Aging (TDoA), Texas Department of Community Affairs (TDCA) and the
Texas Education Agency (TEA).
It is true that this is primarily a medical services function, but coordination
in the joint use of facilities and the coordinated location of jointly rented
facilities, will have a major impact on reducing the initial costs of
establishing new outpatient services. The agencies are urged to work closely
together and with the communities in order to supply the needed services at the
most reasonable cost.3
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Texas. Statewide Health Coordinating Council. Texas State Health Plan: 1985, Appendix A, report, 1985; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1586722/m1/83/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.