As part of TCDD’s advocacy efforts to improve the service system for individuals with developmental disabilities, Council members and staff provide input to Texas legislators and other policymakers to educate them about disability issues and ways to improve services and supports for people with disabilities.
- Public Comment — TWC regarding State Use Program
(December 21, 2016) - Joint Public Comment — DADS regarding Supported Decision-Making in SSLCs
(December 12, 2016) - Public Comment — Legislative Budget Board on the Health and Human Services Commission Legislative Appropriations Request
(September 22, 2016) - Public Comment — Austin State Hospital and Austin State Supported Living Center Location Feasibility Study
(June 30, 2016) - Public Comment — Long-Term Care Plan for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities and Related Conditions
(June 30, 2016) - Public Comment — DADS Draft Long Range Plan for State Supported Living Centers
(June 10, 2016) - Public Testimony — TEA Proposed Rules Relating to Video Surveillance of Certain Special Education Settings
(May 19, 2016) - Public Comment — TEA related to Video Surveillance Rules
(May 3, 2016) - Joint Public Comment — relating to Early Childhood Intervention Program Funding
(April 5, 2016) - Public Comment — IDD Managed Care Pilot Comments
(January 22, 2016) - Public Comment — related to Statewide Transition Plan for Compliance with the HCBS Settings Rule
(January 21, 2016) - Public Comment — to TDHCA related to 2016 Draft State Low Income Housing Plan
(January 19, 2016)