Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) This
memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Texas Rehabilitation Commission
(TRC), Texas Department of Human Resources (DHS), Texas Department of Health
(TDH), and Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation (TDMHMR) is
to implement and coordinate the exchange and distribution of public awareness
information among the agencies. This agreement is intended to satisfy the
requirements of Senate Bill 298, of the 70th Legislature, 1987.
(1) The TRC is the state authority for the
delivery of vocational rehabilitation services, Texas Codes Annotated, the
Human Resources Code, Title 7, leading to:
(A) employment for persons with
disabilities;
(B) the determination
of social security disability benefits;
(C) licensing of occupational
therapists;
(D) promoting employer
acceptance of workers with disabilities; and
(E) developing programs to serve persons with
developmental disabilities.
(2) DHS provides services to two major groups
of needy people: families and children, and aged and disabled adults.
(A) Eligible families and children receive
cash grants from the aid to families with dependent children program, health
care, family self-support services, and food stamps.
(B) Services to aged and disabled individuals
who are poor include health care, institutional care, community care, and food
stamps.
(C) Services available to
all Texans regardless of financial need, include protective services for
children, protective services for aged and disabled persons, disaster
assistance, and childcare licensing.
(3) TDH is an agency of the state of Texas
created by Texas Civil Statutes, Article 4414b, to better protect and promote
the health of the people of Texas.
(4) TDMHMR is the state agency that provides
a system of services for the conservation and restoration of mental health
among Texas citizens and to provide, coordinate, develop, and improve services
for the mentally retarded citizens of this state so that they will be afforded
the opportunity to develop their respective mental capacities to the fullest
practicable extent and to live as useful and productive lives as possible. To
accomplish this, the department provides a network of eight state hospitals for
the mentally ill, 13 state schools for the mentally retarded, seven special
centers, and 34 community centers.
(b) Each state agency designs, writes,
publishes, and distributes information to the public about the programs and
services available from that agency. For the purpose of this MOU, each agency
agrees to:
(1) provide a current list of
publications designed for public awareness to the other agencies; and
(2) provide a copy of each publication
designed for public awareness to the other agencies. As publications are
updated they will be distributed to the other agencies.
(c) Each agency adopts this memorandum of
understanding and agrees to review and update the memorandum no later than the
last month of each state fiscal year. Each agency by rule shall adopt the
memorandum of understanding and all revisions to the memorandum.
