SSLC Long-Range Planning Report Meetings
July 18, 2022 - 1:00 pm
John H. Winters Building, Room 125W
701 W. 51st Street. Austin, TX
78751
Webcasting Available
HHSC will conduct two hybrid (in-person and virtual) meetings on July 11 and 18, 2022 to receive public comment on the draft long-range planning report for State Supported Living Centers. A draft report will be available to the public prior to the July 18 meeting.
The initiatives outlined in this report will guide the living centers for the next six years. This report is developed under the authority of Texas Health and Safety Code §533A.032.
What
Meeting on SSLC long-range plan
When
Monday, July 11, 2022 – 9 a.m.
Monday, July 18, 2022 – 1 p.m.
Where
John H. Winters Building - Room 125W - 701 W. 51st St. Austin, TX 78751
Virtual: Access a live stream of the meeting here.
Virtual Oral Comments
Members of the public must pre-register to provide oral comments virtually during the meeting by completing a Public Comment Registration form (access the July 11 form here and the July 18 form here). The forms must be completed no later than 5:00 p.m. Friday, July 8, 2022, and Friday, July 15, 2022. Please mark the correct box on the Public Comment Registration form and provide your name, either the organization you are representing or that you are speaking as a private citizen, and your direct phone number. If you have completed the Public Comment Registration form, you will receive an email the day before the meeting with instructions for providing virtual public comment. Public comment is limited to three minutes. Each speaker providing oral public comments virtually must ensure their face is visible and their voice audible to the other participants while they are speaking. Each speaker must state their name and for whom they are speaking (if anyone). If you pre-register to speak and wish to provide a handout before the meeting, please submit an electronic copy in accessible PDF format that will be distributed to the appropriate HHSC staff. Handouts are limited to two pages (paper size: 8.5” by 11”, one side only). Handouts must be emailed to SSLCPlanning@hhsc.state.tx.us immediately after pre-registering, but no later than 5:00 p.m. Friday, July 8, 2022, and Friday, July 15, 2022, and must include the name of the person who will be commenting. Do not include health or other confidential information in your comments or handouts. Staff will not read handouts aloud during the hearing, but handouts will be provided to the appropriate HHSC staff.
In-Person Oral Comments
Members of the public may provide oral public comment during the hearing in person at the hearing location either by pre-registering using the form above or without pre-registering by completing a form at the entrance to the meeting room. Do not include health or other confidential information in your comments.
Written Comments
A member of the public who wishes to provide written public comments must either email the comments to SSLCPlanning@hhsc.state.tx.us no later than 5:00 p.m. Friday, July 8, 2022, and Friday, July 15, 2022, or send written comments via U.S. Mail, overnight mail, special deliver mail, or hand delivery to the mailing address at the bottom of this notice. Please include your name and the organization you are representing or that you are speaking as a private citizen. Written comments are limited to two pages (paper size: 8.5” by 11”, one side only). Do not include health or other confidential information in your comments. Staff will not read written comments aloud during the meeting, but comments will be provided to the appropriate HHSC staff.
Additional Information for Written Comments
Written comments, requests to review comments or both may be sent by U.S. mail, overnight mail, special delivery mail, hand delivery, fax or email.
U.S. Mail
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
State Supported Living Centers
Attention: Lesley Zemanovich, Mail Code E619
John H. Winters Building
701 W. 51st St. Austin, TX 78751
Overnight Mail, Special Delivery Mail or Hand Delivery
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
State Supported Living Centers
Attention: Lesley Zemanovich, Mail Code E619
John H. Winters Building
701 W. 51st St. Austin, TX 78751
Phone number for package delivery: 512-673-6016
Contact
If you have any questions, please contact Lesley Zemanovich at 512-673-6016 or SSLCPlanning@hhsc.state.tx.us.
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