Sec. 112.048. TASK FORCES

(a) The executive committee shall establish guidelines for:

(1) selecting targeted disabilities;

(2) assessing prevention services needs; and

(3) reviewing task force plans, budgets, and operations.

(b) The executive committee shall create task forces made up of members of the board of advisors to plan and implement prevention programs for specifically targeted developmental disabilities. A task force operates as an administrative division of the office and can be abolished when it is ineffective or is no longer needed.

(c) A task force shall:

(1) develop a plan designed to reduce the incidence of a specifically targeted disability;

(2) prepare a budget for implementing a plan;

(3) arrange for funds through:

(A) contracts for services from participating agencies;

(B) grants and gifts from private persons and consumer and advocacy organizations; and

(C) foundation support; and

(4) submit the plan, budget, and evidence of funding commitments to the executive committee for approval.

(d) A task force shall regularly report to the executive committee, as required by the committee, the operation, progress, and results of the task force's prevention plan.

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1209, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.