89R20934 RAL-D
By: Rose H.B. No. 109
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 109:
By: Manuel C.S.H.B. No. 109
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to residential treatment facilities for certain
juveniles.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 554.001(a), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The department shall designate state facilities for use
[the Waco Center for Youth] as [a] residential treatment facilities
[facility] for emotionally disturbed juveniles who:
(1) have been admitted under Subtitle C to a facility
of the department; or
(2) are under the managing conservatorship of the
Department of Family and Protective Services and have been admitted
under Subtitle C to a state facility designated by the department
under this section [the Waco Center for Youth].
SECTION 2. Section 554.002, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 554.002. SERVICES. (a) The department shall provide
without charge appropriate education services for all clients
residing at state facilities designated by the department under
Section 554.001 [the Waco Center for Youth].
(b) The department shall pay for the [those] services
described by Subsection (a) from funds appropriated [to the center]
for that purpose.
(c) A client of a state facility designated by the
department under Section 554.001 [the center] who is not a resident
of the school district that serves the geographical area in which
the facility is located [Waco Independent School District] may
receive education services from the district [Waco Independent
School District] only with the prior approval of the superintendent
of the district.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.