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Texas Human Resources Code - Chapter 91 Texas Commission For The BlindLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Human Resources Code > Texas Human Resources Code - Chapter 91 Texas Commission For The Blind The Texas Commission for the Blind is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, ... In this chapter: (1) "Commission" means the Texas Commission for the Blind. (2) "Blind" means a person having not more than 20/200 visual acuity in ... (a) The Texas Commission for the Blind is composed of nine members appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate. Except as provided ... (a) The commissioner of health and human services shall employ an executive director in accordance with Section 531.0056, Government Code. (b) The commissioner of health ... The financial transactions of the commission are subject to audit by the state auditor in accordance with Chapter 321, Government Code. Acts 1979, 66th Leg., ... (a) All sums of money paid to the commission under this title shall be deposited in the State Treasury and may be used only for ... (a) It is a ground for removal from the commission if a member: (1) does not have at the time of appointment the qualifications required ... (a) The executive director or his designee shall develop an intraagency career ladder program, one part of which shall require the intraagency posting of all ... (a) The commission may obtain from any law enforcement or criminal justice agency the criminal history record information that relates to a person applying to ... (a) The executive director or the executive director's designee shall prepare and maintain a written policy statement to ensure that all personnel transactions are made ... (a) The commission shall prepare information of public interest describing the functions of the commission and describing the commission's procedures by which complaints are filed ... (a) The commission shall file annually with the governor and the presiding officer of each house of the legislature a complete and detailed written report ... (a) A person who is appointed to and qualifies for office as a member of the commission may not vote, deliberate, or be counted as ... The commissioner of health and human services has the powers and duties relating to the commission and executive director as provided by Section 531.0055, Government ... (a) The commission has primary responsibility for providing all services to visually handicapped persons except welfare services and services for children provided by regularly established ... (a) The commission shall establish and maintain, by rule, guidelines for the delivery of services by the commission. The guidelines must be consistent with state ... The commission may furnish materials, tools, books, and other necessary apparatus and assistance for use in rehabilitating blind and visually handicapped persons. Acts 1979, 66th ... (a) To the extent that funds are available under Sections 521.421(f), as added by Chapter 510, Acts of the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, and ... (a) The commission may provide services to children with visual impairments to supplement the services provided by other state agencies if the commission determines that ... (a) The commission may establish a program to make loans to finance the purchase of technological aids for visually handicapped persons. Interest on the loans ... (a) The commission shall include in its contracts with service providers provisions relating to: (1) clearly defined and measurable program performance standards that directly relate ... The commission shall include in a contract with a supplier of adaptive technology equipment provisions that require the supplier to provide training for clients receiving ... In this subchapter: (1) "Program" means the vocational rehabilitation program authorized in this subchapter. (2) Repealed by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 793, § 38, ... (a) The commission shall conduct a program to provide vocational rehabilitation services to eligible blind disabled individuals. (b) To achieve the purposes of the program, ... (a) The commission shall cooperate with the federal government to accomplish the purposes of federal laws relating to vocational rehabilitation and closely related activities. (b) ... The commission shall provide vocational rehabilitation services to a blind disabled individual eligible for those services under federal law. Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2401, ... (a) The comptroller is custodian of federal funds received by the state to implement federal law relating to vocational rehabilitation. (b) The executive director shall ... An applicant for or recipient of vocational rehabilitation services who is aggrieved by an action or inaction under the program is entitled to a hearing ... Except for purposes directly connected with the administration of the vocational rehabilitation program and according to commission rules, no person may solicit, disclose, receive, use, ... (a) The purpose of this subchapter is to establish a comprehensive central state depository for braille, large print, slow speed records and machines, tape recordings ... (a) The Texas State Library and Archives Commission shall generally supervise the establishment and operation of a central media depository in Austin to house materials ... The library and archives commission shall allow the central media depository to be used for the repair of special media and equipment required by individuals ... The cost of establishing and operating the central media depository shall be paid with: (1) funds appropriated by the legislature for that purpose; (2) gifts, ... Last modified: August 10, 2007 |