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| 1 | 1 | 89R5256 CMO-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1092 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to the referral of certain students receiving special | |
| 10 | 10 | education services to a local intellectual and developmental | |
| 11 | 11 | disability authority for services or public benefits. | |
| 12 | 12 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 13 | 13 | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 29, Education Code, is | |
| 14 | 14 | amended by adding Section 29.030 to read as follows: | |
| 15 | 15 | Sec. 29.030. REFERRAL TO LOCAL INTELLECTUAL AND | |
| 16 | 16 | DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AUTHORITY. A school district shall refer | |
| 17 | 17 | each student who qualifies to receive special education services | |
| 18 | 18 | under this subchapter on the basis of a diagnosed or suspected | |
| 19 | 19 | intellectual or developmental disability to a local intellectual | |
| 20 | 20 | and developmental disability authority for services or public | |
| 21 | 21 | benefits, including services under a Medicaid waiver program | |
| 22 | 22 | established under Section 1915(c), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. | |
| 23 | 23 | Section 1396n(c)). | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 | |
| 25 | 25 | school year. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 27 | 27 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 28 | 28 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 29 | 29 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 30 | 30 | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |