Aging and Disability Services Council Sharon Swift Butterworth ...

SUBJEC CT: Agenda a Item No. : 7a 7
Recomm mendation to propose the repeal of 40 0 TAC Chapter
1, Subchhapter
I, In-HHome
and Faamily
Support Mental M Reta ardation Prog gram; and an n amendmennt
to §2.315 iin
Chapter 22,
Mental
Retardati ion Authorit ty Responsib bilities
BACKG GROUND:
Federal requ uirement
The budg get for fiscal l years 2012 and 2013 pa assed by the 82nd Legisllature,
Reguular
Session,
2011, elim minated funding
for the In-Home an nd Family Suupport-Menttal
Retardation
(IHFS-MMR)
program. . Consequen ntly, the resp ponsibility of
a mental reetardation
auuthority
(MRRA)
to adminnister
the IHFS S-MR progra am will cease e at the end of o fiscal yeaar
2011.
The repeal
and amen ndment reflec ct the elimin nation of the program’s ffunding
and the terminattion
of an MR RA's respons sibility for ad dministering g the programm.
ISSUES AND ALTE ERNATIVE ES
There are e no major is ssues involved
with implementation
of these rule
actions.
STAKEH HOLDER INVOLVEM
I MENT
TO:
Aging annd
Disabilityy
Services Council
Memmbers
DATE:
Septembber
14, 2011
FROM M: Chris Traaylor
Commisssioner
Legisllative
requirrement
X
Other
DADS no otified all su ubscribers of f GovDeliver ry who havee
requested uupdates
relatted
to MRAss
of
the propo osed repeal and a amendm ment.