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Amend Amendment No. 186 by Kolkhorst to CSHB 1 (amendment
package page 214) by striking the current text of the amendment and
substituting:
Amend CSHB 1 in Rider No. 50 under the Article II
appropriations to the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental
Retardation (page II-90) add the following at the end of the rider:
If the department closes a state school, for each resident of
that state school who resides in the state school at the time the
closure is planned, the department must provide for state school
placement for the resident unless:
(1) the resident has the capacity to make a decision
regarding the resident's placement, and the resident chooses not to
be provided placement in a state school; or
(2) the resident's legally authorized representative
chooses not to have placement provided for the resident at a state
school.