DADS Provider Alerts and Bulletins Update

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Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services

Website Update Notice

DADS has issued the following Provider Alerts or Bulletins:

DADS and HCS, TxHmL and ICF Stakeholders Work Sessions to be held Nov. 17, 2011 in Austin

The Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) is holding two work sessions on Thursday, November 17, 2011, in the John H. Winters Public Hearing Room, 701 W. 51st Street, Austin, Texas. During these round table work sessions, DADS and Home and Community-based Services (HCS), Texas Home Living (TxHmL) and Intermediate Care Facility (ICF) stakeholders will discuss ideas for reducing administrative costs and requirements in the HCS, TxHmL and ICF programs. The public is welcomed to attend these open work sessions; although no public testimony will be accepted.

Discussion at the 9:00 a.m. work session on November 17, 2011, will focus on the HCS and TxHmL programs. Discussion at the 1:30 p.m. work session on November 17, 2011, will focus on the ICF program.

DADS welcomes your ideas for reducing administrative cost and requirements in these programs. To facilitate discussion, please complete and return one or more of the linked Microsoft Word forms by 5:00 p.m., Friday, November 4, 2011. DADS will compile the ideas and review them during the work sessions:

Please complete and return your survey(s) to DADS by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, November 4, 2011, using one of the following methods:

  • send an email to jose.saenz@dads.state.tx.us with the subject line of Ideas for Reducing Administrative Requirements;
  • send to Jose Chema Saenz, Manager, Stakeholder Relations Unit, CCEA, DADS, MC W-623, P.O. Box 149030, Austin, Texas 78714-9030; or
  • send a fax to 512-438-3884 with attention to Jose Chema Saenz, DADS Stakeholder Relations.

If you need further information, contact Jose “Chema” Saenz, phone number, 512-438-3273 or jose.saenz@dads.state.tx.us.

Note: Persons with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting, and who need auxiliary aids or services, are asked to call the Center for Consumer and External Affairs at 512-438-4563, three business days prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made.