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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 facilities for use [the |
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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 the designated facilities [Waco Center for |
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Youth]. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 554.002(a), (b), and (c), Health and |
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Safety Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The department shall provide without charge appropriate |
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education services for all clients residing at the designated |
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facilities [Waco Center for Youth]. |
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(b) The department shall pay for those services from funds |
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appropriated to the designated facilities [center] for those |
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purposes [that purpose]. |
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(c) A client of the center who is not a resident of the local |
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school district [Waco Independent School District] may receive |
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education services from the local school 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 immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |