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1		-	89R23314 CMO-D
2		-	By: Manuel, Bumgarner, Hinojosa, Frank H.B. No. 1188
3		-	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1188:
4		-	By: Bernal C.S.H.B. No. 1188
	1	+	89R2579 CMO-D
	2	+	By: Manuel H.B. No. 1188
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9	7		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
10	8		AN ACT
11		-	relating to the ~~provision~~ of ~~information regarding a local~~
12		-	intellectual and developmental ~~disability authority to the parents~~
13		-	or ~~guardians of certain special education students~~.
	9	+	relating to the referral of certain students receiving special
	10	+	education services to a local intellectual and developmental
	11	+	disability authority for services or public benefits.
14	12		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
15	13		SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 29, Education Code, is
16	14		amended by adding Section 29.030 to read as follows:
17		-	Sec. 29.030. PROVISION OF INFORMATION REGARDING LOCAL
18		-	INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AUTHORITY. At the first
19		-	individualized education program committee meeting during which a
20		-	student's individualized education program is developed under
21		-	Section 29.005, a school district shall provide the parent or legal
22		-	guardian of a student who has an intellectual disability or a
23		-	developmental delay with information about services and public
24		-	benefits provided by the local intellectual and developmental
25		-	disability authority, including services under waiver programs
26		-	established under Section 1915(c), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
27		-	Section 1396n(c)).
	15	+	Sec. 29.030. REFERRAL TO LOCAL INTELLECTUAL AND
	16	+	DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AUTHORITY. A school district shall refer
	17	+	each student receiving special education services under this
	18	+	subchapter who has or is suspected to have an intellectual or
	19	+	developmental disability to a local intellectual and developmental
	20	+	disability authority for services or public benefits, including
	21	+	services under a Medicaid waiver program established under Section
	22	+	1915(c), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1396n(c)).
28	23		SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
29	24		school year.
30	25		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
31	26		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
32	27		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
33	28		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
34	29		Act takes effect September 1, 2025.