Is MDCP/DADS being dissolved and added to The Health and Human Service Department?

Yes. DADS will be abolished and merged with the Texas HHSC per the terms of Senate Bill 200, made into law last summer. 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