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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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HUMAN RESOURCES CODE |
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Title 2. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND DEPARTMENT OF PROTECTIVE AND REGULATORY SERVICES |
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Subtitle B. STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES |
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Chapter 22. GENERAL FUNCTIONS OF DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES |
Sec. 22.038. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON PILOT PROGRAM FOR COMMUNITY-BASED ALTERNATIVES FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
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(a) The department, the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, and the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services shall adopt a memorandum of understanding to implement the pilot program under Section 22.037.
(b) The memorandum of understanding must:
(1) define the responsibilities of each agency in implementing the components of the pilot program; and
(2) provide for interagency coordination and integration with respect to appropriate components of the pilot program, including any components:
(A) that serve persons for whom each of the agencies otherwise provides services;
(B) for which coordination and integration among the agencies will result in the more efficient accomplishment of the goals of the comprehensive, effectively working plan implemented under Section 531.0244, Government Code; or
(C) that are recommended by the interagency task force under Section 531.02441, Government Code, for coordination and integration.
(c) Not later than September 1 of each year, the department, the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, and the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services shall review and update the memorandum.
(d) Each agency by rule shall adopt the memorandum of understanding and all revisions to the memorandum.