That may definitely be the case. 

I did have a productive conversation with a supervisor at Lacerte, and even though it blows my mind, apparently I'm the first Texas practitioner to have raised any concerns to Lacerte about this issue.

The Lacerte Development Team was not proactive in developing a solution because the disaster relief was granted on a county-by-county basis, and the solution was not cost-beneficial. In my opinion, this is missing the forest for the trees. It is true that FEMA assigned the disaster codes county-by-county. It is ALSO true that EVERY COUNTY IN THE STATE was designated a disaster area. So it is not required to pick out the county of the disaster in this case, only the state.

The end result - no support for the Texas extended due date from Lacerte.