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Members Sought for the Intellectual and Developmental Disability System Redesign Advisory Committee

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If you’re interested in issues related to Intellectual and Developmental Disability System Redesign, you may want to apply to be a member of the Intellectual and Developmental Disability System Redesign Advisory Committee. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission executive commissioner will appoint members to the committee to serve a term expiring Dec. 31, 2026, or Dec. 31, 2027, unless otherwise indicated. 

Applications are due by 11:59 p.m., April 21.

HHSC will consider the applicants' qualifications, background, and interest in serving on the committee and will try to choose committee members who represent the diversity of all Texans. For this reason, HHSC considers applicants' ethnicity, gender, and geographic location.

A committee member must regularly take part in committee meetings and in STAR+PLUS Pilot Program Workgroup meetings. They also have to take part in subcommittee meetings or other related activities. Committee meetings are held about once every three months in Austin or at the call of the presiding officer. The STAR+PLUS Pilot Program Workgroup meetings are also held about once every three months in Austin or at the call of the presiding officer. Members take part in meetings almost every month. To the extent permitted by the current state budget, a committee member who receives services from HHSC or is a family member of a client may be repaid for their travel expenses to and from meetings if money is available and in accordance with the HHSC Travel Policy. Other committee members aren’t paid to attend or travel to and from committee meetings.

HHSC prefers that you submit your application electronically, but you may submit the application by email, mail, or fax to the following addresses:

Email: HHS_Appointments@hhs.texas.gov
Subject: IDDSRAC

Mail:
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
701 W 51st Street
Mail Code 0223
Austin, TX 78751
Attn: ACCO

Fax: 512-206-3984
Attn: IDDSRAC

For more information about the committee, visit the committee website or email Beren Dutra.

For more information about the application process, email the Advisory Committee Coordination Office.