1. (a) The Texas Planning Council for Developmental Disabilities involving the federal Administration on Developmental Disabilities and the Texas Rehabilitation Commission is a joint state-federal program designed to promote the development of a consumer and family-centered, comprehensive system and a coordinated array of culturally competent services, supports, and other assistance designed to achieve independence, productivity, and integration and inclusion into the community for individuals with developmental disabilities.
2. (b) The council performs its responsibilities through staff activities, project grants to public, nonprofit, or private for-profit organizations and in other ways as determined within the state plan.

3. (c) The council:

   1. (1) develops and submits the state plan consistent with requirements of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act as amended;
   2. (2) promotes the development of a consumer and family-centered, comprehensive system and a coordinated array of culturally competent services, supports, and other assistance designed to achieve independence, productivity, and integration and inclusion into the community for individuals with developmental disabilities and plans, coordinates, and evaluates those services, supports and assistance;
   3. (3) assures that all programs funded on behalf of the Council meet standards which are designed to assure the most favorable outcome for those served;
   4. (4) assures compliance with appropriate federal and state law;
   5. (5) enters into a management agreement with the commission, as designated state agency, which sets forth their respective roles;
   6. (6) initiates activities subject to the availability of funds and in accordance with the state plan as prescribed by federal law;
   7. (7) reviews and comments, to the maximum extent feasible, on all state plans in the state which relate to programs affecting individuals with developmental disabilities; and
   8. (8) advocates for state and federal legislation, appropriations, and policies on behalf of individuals with developmental disabilities.
4. (d) The commission, as the designated state agency, carries out the functions set forth in applicable federal and state laws and regulations and the management agreement with the Council.

Source Note:The provisions of this §876.3 adopted to be effective January 30, 1985, 10 TexReg 175; amended to be effective December 4, 1985, 10 TexReg 4479; amended to be effective July 5, 1998, 23 TexReg 6723; transferred to be effective September 1, 1999, as published in the October 8, 1999 issue of the Texas Register, 24 TexReg 8761.