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Members Sought for the Texas Respite Advisory Committee

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If you’re interested in issues surrounding respite and informal caregiving, you may want to apply to be a member of the Texas Respite Advisory Committee. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission executive commissioner will appoint members to the committee to serve a term to be determined at the first meeting, with a maximum of a four-year term.

Applications are due by 11:59 p.m., Mar. 29.

HHSC will consider the applicants' qualifications, background and interest in serving on the council and will try to choose council 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. They may 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. 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: TRAC

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

Fax: 512-206-3984
Attn: TRAC

 

For more information about the committee visit the committee website or email Kaiya Washington.

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