Many parents with children with special needs rely on the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) for Medicaid Wavier Programs and other supports and services. A timeline of changes is provided below.
The Texas legislature approved and passed Senate Bill 200, making it law last summer, but what does that mean for DADS? In the 1st phase, Texas Health and Human Services Center (HHSC) will have transferred to its control select function of the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS), client services of the DADS and the Department of State Health Services (DSHS). and administrative services of the Texas Health and Human Services (HHS) system, set for September 1, 2016.
Further, DARS is scheduled to be abolished September 1, 2016.
The 2nd Phase includes the abolishment of DADS September 1, 2017.
For more information of the transformation of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, click on the link below.
http://www.hhsc.state.tx.us/hhs-transformation/docs/transition-plan.pdf