89R5256 CMO-D
By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1092
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the referral of certain students receiving special
education services to a local intellectual and developmental
disability authority for services or public benefits.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 29, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 29.030 to read as follows:
Sec. 29.030. REFERRAL TO LOCAL INTELLECTUAL AND
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AUTHORITY. A school district shall refer
each student who qualifies to receive special education services
under this subchapter on the basis of a diagnosed or suspected
intellectual or developmental disability to a local intellectual
and developmental disability authority for services or public
benefits, including services under a Medicaid waiver program
established under Section 1915(c), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
Section 1396n(c)).
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
school year.
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, 2025.