Enrolled Bill Summary

            Senate Bill 118 amends the Health and Safety Code to require a state agency that requests the placement of a child with a developmental disability in an institution to notify the community resource coordination group in the county of residence of a parent or guardian of the child within three days. If the person or organization requesting placement is not a state agency, the institution is required to notify the Texas Department of Human Services and the department is required to notify the community resource coordination group, the local school district, or the local early intervention program, as appropriate. Each entity receiving notice is authorized to contact the person making the placement to ensure that family members are aware of available services, placement options, and opportunities for permanency planning. The commission and each appropriate health and human services agency is required to develop procedures to ensure that permanency planning is provided for each child residing in an institution or for whom institutional care is sought.