By: Deuell S.B. No. 519
(In the Senate - Filed February 12, 2013; February 20, 2013,
read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human
Services; March 20, 2013, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 20, 2013, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the definition of autism and other pervasive
developmental disorders.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subdivision (1), Section 114.002, Human
Resources Code, is amended to read as follows:
(1) "Autism and other pervasive developmental
disorders" means a subclass of mental disorders characterized by
distortions in the development of multiple basic psychological
functions that are involved in the development of social skills and
language, as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
(DSM-5), 5th[, 4th] Edition.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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