October 28, 2019 - 9:00am

Department of State Health Services, Robert D. Moreton Building, Room M-100
1100 W. 49th St.
Austin Texas, 78756

Agenda

Webcasting Available

This meeting will be webcast. To access the webcast, go to https://hhs.texas.gov/about-hhs/communications-events/live-archived-meetings the day and time of the meeting. Please e-mail Webcasting@hhsc.state.tx.us if you have any problems with the webcasting function.

1. Call to Order, Logistics, and Roll Call
2. Introductions
3. Council action on January 30, 2019, meeting minutes
4. Council action to approve the University of Texas Health Rio Grande Valley for membership to the Texas Alzheimer’s Research and Care Consortium (TARCC)
5. Presentation on TARCC research grants and the International Symposium on Neurodegenerative Disease
6. Department of State Health Services (DSHS) representative report
7. Council action on Council’s 2020 biennial report, including assignments and/or appointments by chair
8. Council action on selection of vice chair
9. Public comment
10. Announcements
11. Adjourn

Contact Information: Lynda Taylor, PO Box 149347 (MC 1945), Austin, TX 78714-9347, (512) 776-6618, lynda.taylor@dshs.texas.gov

Any person with a disability planning to attend this meeting and requiring any auxiliary aid or service is asked to contact Lynda Taylor, Department of State Health Services, at (512) 776-6618 or lynda.taylor@dshs.texas.gov, 72 hours prior to the meeting to make appropriate arrangements.

Texas Penal Code Section 46.035(c) states: "A license holder commits an offense if the license holder intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries a handgun under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Texas Government Code, regardless of whether the handgun is concealed or carried in a shoulder or belt holster, in the room or rooms where a meeting of a governmental entity is held and if the meeting is an open meeting subject to Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, and the entity provided notice as required by that chapter."

Please note that this governmental meeting is, in the opinion of Health and Human Services Commission counsel representing the Texas Council on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders, an open meeting subject to Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, and notice of this meeting is being provided as required by Chapter 551. In addition, please note that the written communication required by Texas Penal Code Sections 30.06 and 30.07, prohibiting both concealed and open carry of handguns by Texas Government Code Chapter 411 licensees, will be posted at the entrances to this governmental meeting.