Aging and Disability Services Council Sharon Swift Butterworth ...

July 11, 2008/11R12
TITLE 40 SOCIAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE
PART 1 DEPARTMENT OF AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES
CHAPTER 1 STATE MENTAL RETARDATION AUTHORITY RESPONSIBILITIES
The Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) proposes, on behalf of the Department of
Aging and Disability Services (DADS), the repeal of Subchapter I, governing the In-Home and
Family Support Mental Retardation Program, in Chapter 1, State Mental Retardation Authority
Responsibilities.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
The purpose of the repeal is to remove rules concerning the In-Home and Family Support Mental
Retardation (IHFS-MR) Program. The 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, passed a budget
for fiscal years 2012 and 2013 that eliminated funding for the IHFS-MR program. The
responsibility of a local mental retardation authority (MRA) to administer the program ends
September 1, 2011.
SECTION-BY-SECTION SUMMARY
The proposed repeal of §1.401 removes rules concerning the purpose of the subchapter.
The proposed repeal of §1.402 removes rules concerning the application of the subchapter.
The proposed repeal of §1.403 removes rules concerning definitions used in the subchapter.
The proposed repeal of §1.404 removes rules concerning the criteria, purpose, and limitations of
the IHFS-MR program.
The proposed repeal of §1.405 removes rules concerning the provision of assistance.
The proposed repeal of §1.407 removes rules concerning eligibility determination.
The proposed repeal of §1.409 removes rules concerning administrative implementation.
The proposed repeal of §1.411 removes rules concerning appeal of determinations.
FISCAL NOTE
Gordon Taylor, DADS Chief Financial Officer, has determined that, for the first five years the
proposed repeal is in effect, enforcing or administering the repeal does not have foreseeable
implications relating to costs or revenues of state or local governments.
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