Re: FW: Reminder: Public Hearing on Budget Reduction Options Tomorrow

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Please send an email today or tomorrow (no later than the 15th)

to:

hhs.communications@...  

regarding the budget cuts, please urge the Health and Human Service

Commissioner not to cut the budget for any program serving individuals know

that individuals with disabilities, we have very few services in Texas as it

is.  It is vitally important that they not cut any of the programs that

help these individuals, especially not the new  Medicaid buy in for people

with disabilities. This is the only option for insurance for many families for

children that are not receiving a Medicaid Waiver Program (which we all know is

many families since the waiting list is about 10 yrs long).

Thanks for your help,

Nagla  

Please do, highly recommend this as of now have also heard lots of

Budget cuts going on already with the CLASS program. Yep, it's already

happening & shall hear more coming up soon.

Y'all know this helps many with specialized services, respite, etc.

Need to come together & let your voices be heard even if your

individual is not receiving any of these medicaid waiver funds or on

the wait list. It is coming together in numbers.

Thanks,

Irma

 

From: Texas Council for

Developmental Disabilities

 

 

 

Public

Hearing on Budget Reduction Options

 

 

 

Gov. Rick , Lt. Gov. Dewhurst and House

Speaker Joe Straus have asked state agencies to submit plans to reduce

their general revenue (state fund) budgets by five percent for the

current biennium which ends August 31, 2011. These plans are to be developed

and submitted to leadership by Feb. 15th. For more information on this

request and the potential impact to services for people with

disabilities, visit http://www.txddc.state.tx.us/resources/publications/fyi/fyijan10/fyistate01-10.asp#state.

 

The Health and human services agencies will host a

public hearing Thursday, Feb. 11, to receive comments

on budget reduction options. The hearing will include presentations on

each agency’s plans and an opportunity for public comment. The

meeting will begin at 11 a.m. in the Brown-Heatly Building,

4900 N. Lamar, Austin. Comments also may be submitted through

5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12, to hhs.communications@.... 

 

For more information about the public

hearing, visit www.hhsc.state.tx.us.

 

Hearing

agenda

Budget

reductions options 

 

 

 

 

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