Working to improve service systems for individuals with developmental disabilities
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.
- Joint Comments on Draft Rule 20R017 Texas Administrative Code Title 1, Part 15, Chapter 377, Children’s Advocacy Programs
- (December 10, 2019)
- Written Testimony on HB 4543, Delaying the Transition of Certain Medicaid Participants into Managed Care
- (April 30, 2019)
- Written Testimony on SB 1783, Amending Current Law Relating to Guardianships, Alternatives to Guardianship, and Supports and Services for Incapacitated Persons
- (April 25, 2019)
- Public Testimony on HB 3916, Establishing a Competitive and Integrated Employment Initiative for Medicaid Waiver Recipients
- (April 23, 2019)
- Public Testimony on SB 1118, Establishing the Amy Young Barrier Removal Program
- (April 23, 2019)
- Written Testimony on HB 3630, Prohibiting Certain Behavioral Interventions in Public Schools
- (April 17, 2019)
- Written Testimony on SB 562, Improving Access to Forensic Services for People with Mental Illness or Intellectual Disabilities
- (April 16, 2019)
- Written Testimony on HB 3681, Extending the Preliminary Examination Periods for Mental Health Protective Custody
- (April 10, 2019)
- Public Testimony on HB 3932, Creating an Advisory Council on Postsecondary Education for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- (April 10, 2019)
- Written Testimony on SB 1519, Establishing a Long-Term Care Facilities Council
- (April 10, 2019)
- Public Testimony on HB 3165, Enabling the Lone Star College System District to Establish an Occupational and Life Skills Associate Degree Program
- (April 10, 2019)
- Public Testimony on SB 585, Updating Sexual Assault Policies at Institutions of Higher Education
- (April 10, 2019)
- Written Testimony on SB 712, Prohibiting Certain Behavioral Interventions in Public Schools
- (April 9, 2019)
- Public Testimony on House Bill 4531, Relating to Elderly Persons and Persons with a Disability who are Survivors of Sexual Assault
- (April 8, 2019)
- Written Testimony on SB 976, To Better Alert Peace Officers That a Person Has a Communication Impediment
- (March 28, 2019)
- Written Testimony on SB 753, Relating to Competitive Wages for People with IDD
- (March 27, 2019)
- Public Testimony on SB 1017, Relating to the creation of the advisory council on postsecondary education for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
- (March 27, 2019)
- Written Testimony on HB 1585, Relating to a Study on the Reduction of Medicaid Waiver Interest Lists
- (March 19, 2019)
- Written Testimony on SB 31, to Better Prevent Fraud, Exploitation, and Abuse in Guardianship Cases (the same testimony was submitted to the House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence Committee for HB 1286)
- (March 11, 2019)
- Public Testimony on HB 885, Relating to Competitive Wages for People with IDD
- (March 11, 2019)
- Text of Verbal Testimony on HB 952, to Raise Awareness of the Need for Adult Changing Stations in Public Facilities
- (March 6, 2019)
- Public Testimony on SB 71, Relating to the Establishment of a Statewide Telehealth Center for Sexual Assault Forensic Medical Examination
- (February 28, 2019)