TITLE: Relating to residential treatment facilities for certain juveniles.

SUMMARY: Relating to residential treatment facilities for certain juveniles.

FULL TEXT:
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 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 Cto 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 Cto the designated facilities [Waco Center for Youth].SECTION 2. Sections 554.002(a), (b), and (c), Health and Safety Code, are amended to read as follows: (a) The department shall provide without charge appropriate education services for all clients residing at the designated facilities [Waco Center for Youth].(b) The department shall pay for those services from funds appropriated to the designated facilities [center] for those purposes [that purpose].(c) A client of the center who is not a resident of the local school district [Waco Independent School District] may receive education services from the local school district [Waco Independent School District] only with the prior approval of the superintendent of the district. 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.