Statewide Interagency Aging Services Coordinating Council 

Regulatory
September 3, 2025
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Statewide Interagency Aging Services Coordinating Council ensures a strategic statewide interagency approach to aging services. The Statewide Interagency Aging Services Coordinating Council (SIASCC) was established to ensure a strategic statewide interagency approach to aging services. House Bill 728, 88th Legislature established SIASCC to coordinate aging services across state agencies. SIASCC is comprised of representatives of state agencies or institutions of higher education that receive state general revenue for aging services.

Core duties of the SIASCC include:

  • Developing and monitoring the implementation of a recurring five-year statewide interagency aging services strategic plan.
  • Developing biennial coordinated statewide interagency aging services expenditure proposal.
  • Annually publishing an updated inventory of state-funded aging programs and services.

Members:

•       Chelsea Couch, Presiding Officer
Aging Texas Well Coordinator, Office of Aging Services Coordination
Texas Health and Human Services

•       Tamela D. Griffin
Budget and Policy Advisor, Office of Budget and Policy
Office of the Texas Governor

•       James Lloyd
Deputy Attorney General of Civil Litigation
Office of the Attorney General

•       Camille Payne
Deputy Associate Commissioner, Adult Protective Services
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

•       Nimisha Bhakta
Director, Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention
Texas Department of State Health Services

•       Trenton Engledow
Director, State Office of Rural Health
Texas Department of Agriculture

•       Chip Osborne
Director, Resource Management
Texas Veterans Commission

•       Matt Berend
Program Manager, Older Individuals Who Are Blind (OIB)
Texas Workforce Commission

•       Dr. Elena Volpi
Director, Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

 •       Dr. Jacqueline Angel
Director, Texas Aging and Longevity Consortium (TALC)
The University of Texas at Austin

•       Dr. Marcia Ory
Director, Center for Population Health and Aging
Texas A&M University System

Ex Officio Members

•       Michelle Dionne-Vahalik
Associate Commissioner, Long Term Care Regulation
Texas Health and Human Services

•       Katlyn Le
Director, Office of Area Agency on Aging
Texas Health and Human Services

•       Keely Lee
Director, Office of Aging and Disability Resource Centers
Texas Health and Human Services

•       Christopher Adkins
Director, Community Care Services Eligibility
Texas Health and Human Services

•       Patty Ducayet
Director, State Long-Term Care Ombudsman
Texas Health and Human Services

•       Denise Reeder
Senior Policy Advisor for Medicaid and CHIP Services
Texas Health and Human Services

Click HERE to download the full report.