By: Birdwell S.B. No. 957
(Anderson of McLennan)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the clarification of terminology relating to the Waco
Center for Youth.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 554.001, Health and
Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The department shall use the Waco Center for Youth as a
residential treatment facility for emotionally disturbed juveniles
who:
(1) have been admitted [committed] under Subtitle C to
a facility of the department; or
(2) are under the managing conservatorship of the
Department of Family and Protective [and Regulatory] Services and
have been admitted [committed] under Subtitle C to the Waco Center
for Youth.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Subsection
(a), Section 554.001, Health and Safety Code, is a clarification of
existing law and does not imply that the former law may be construed
as inconsistent with the law as amended by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.