Texas Human Resources Code
§ 101A.003 — COOPERATION WITH FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES
HR § 101A.003Title 6. SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY · Ch. 101A. STATE SERVICES FOR THE AGING · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)The department is the state agency designated to handle federal programs relating to the aging that require action within the state and that are not the specific responsibility of another state agency under federal or state law.
(b)The department is not intended to supplant or to take over from the counties and municipalities of this state or from other state agencies or facilities any of the specific responsibilities relating to services for the aging that they hold. The department shall cooperate with federal and state agencies, counties, and municipalities and private agencies or facilities in the state in accomplishing the purposes of this chapter.
Legislative history
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 4.361, eff. April 2, 2015.