Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 117.071 · Subchapter D. POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT
GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The department is responsible for administering human services programs to provide early childhood intervention services and rehabilitation and related services to persons who are blind, deaf, or hard of hearing. The department is also responsible for providing and coordinating programs for the rehabilitation of persons with disabilities so that those persons may prepare for and engage in a gainful occupation or achieve maximum personal independence.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 198, Sec. 1.13, eff. September 1, 2003.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.117.htm
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