Tex. Gov't Code § 526.0753 · Subchapter P. AGING ADULTS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS
COMMISSION SUPPORT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
To support campaigns conducted under this subchapter, the commission shall:
(1) establish a toll-free telephone number for providing counseling and referrals to appropriate services for aging adults who are blind or visually impaired;
(2) post on the commission's Internet website information and training resources for aging adults, community stakeholders, and health care and other service providers that generally serve aging adults, including:
(A) links to Internet websites that contain resources for individuals who are blind or visually impaired;
(B) existing videos that provide awareness of blindness and visual impairments among aging adults and the importance of early intervention;
(C) best practices for referring aging adults at risk of blindness or visual impairment for appropriate services; and
(D) training about resources available for aging adults who are blind or visually impaired for the staff of aging and disability resource centers established under the Aging and Disability Resource Center initiative funded partly by the federal Administration on Aging and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services;
(3) designate a commission contact to assist aging adults who are diagnosed with a visual impairment and are losing vision and the families of those adults with locating and obtaining appropriate services; and
(4) encourage awareness of the reading services the Texas State Library and Archives Commission offers for individuals who are blind or visually impaired.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.526.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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