The Statewide Interagency Aging Services Coordinating Council (SIASCC)
The Statewide Interagency Aging Services Coordinating Council (SIASCC) was established with H.B. 728 of the 88th legislature. A representative of HHSC ASC serves as the presiding office with voting council members representing 11 state agencies (voting members) as well as 6 HHSC divisions (ex-officio members).
Composition of Council
The Governor’s Office
Health and Human Services Commission
Department of Family and Protective Services
Department of State Health Services
Department of Agriculture, Office of Rural Health
Texas Veterans Commission
Texas Workforce Commission
Office of Attorney General
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies
University of Texas at Austin, Texas Aging and Longevity Consortium
Texas A&M University, Center for Community Health and Aging
The purpose of the Council is to ensure a strategic statewide approach to interagency ag