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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to residential treatment facilities for certain |
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juveniles. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 554.001(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The department shall designate state facilities for use |
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[the Waco Center for Youth] as [a] residential treatment facilities |
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[facility] for emotionally disturbed juveniles who: |
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(1) have been admitted under Subtitle C to a facility |
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of the department; or |
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(2) are under the managing conservatorship of the |
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Department of Family and Protective Services and have been admitted |
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under Subtitle C to a state facility designated by the department |
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under this section [the Waco Center for Youth]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 554.002, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 554.002. SERVICES. (a) The department shall provide |
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without charge appropriate education services for all clients |
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residing at state facilities designated by the department under |
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Section 554.001 [the Waco Center for Youth]. |
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(b) The department shall pay for the [those] services |
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described by Subsection (a) from funds appropriated [to the center] |
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for that purpose. |
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(c) A client of a state facility designated by the |
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department under Section 554.001 [the center] who is not a resident |
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of the school district that serves the geographical area in which |
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the facility is located [Waco Independent School District] may |
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receive education services from the district [Waco Independent |
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School District] only with the prior approval of the superintendent |
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of the district. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |