Abbott's hiring freeze could violate agreement on disabilities overhaul, feds say

[TexasTowelie]

AUSTIN — The Justice Department has reported warned that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's hiring freeze could jeopardize those with intellectual disabilities, attributing the support staff's high turnover to a dangerous gap in patient care.

The Austin American-Statesman reports that a Feb. 7 letter warned the state attorney general's office that "there is no doubt that understaffing is dangerous" to individuals at the state supported living centers and that the department would assess its impact on the state's pending review of the centers.

Last month, Abbott ordered a hiring freeze until Aug. 31 to leave $200 million in state coffers as lawmakers consider budget cuts.

Texas houses more than 3,000 residents with an array of intellectual disabilities in these facilities, the Statesman reports.

Read more: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas-politics/2017/02/15/abbotts-hiring-freeze-violate-agreement-disabilities-overhaul-feds-say

[Doreen]

1. They are disabled. Do you think anyone in this adminastration cares?

They should just give them a gun as they escort them out the door and point them to the street. Isn't that what this administration wants?

[wrenken]

2. Abbott is a piece of shit

He, Patrick and the Republican legislature are screwing us over constantly. It's too bad that there are so many stupid people here. Texas isnt going to be blue in my lifetime.