(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.26 Tex. Admin. Code § 3.51
Transferred from 40 TAC § 72.201 Texas Register, Volume 49, Number 45, November 8, 2024, TexReg 9027 eff. 11/29/2024