CHAPTER 554. STATE CENTERS AND HOMES - Texas Statutes

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

TITLE 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL RETARDATION

SUBTITLE B. STATE FACILITIES

CHAPTER 554. STATE CENTERS AND HOMES

SUBCHAPTER A. WACO CENTER FOR YOUTH

Sec. 554.001. ADMISSION OF CERTAIN JUVENILES. (a) The

department shall use the Waco Center for Youth as a residential

treatment facility for emotionally disturbed juveniles who:

(1) have been committed under Subtitle C to a facility of the

department; or

(2) are under the managing conservatorship of the Department of

Protective and Regulatory Services and have been committed under

Subtitle C to the Waco Center for Youth.

(b) An emotionally disturbed juvenile who has been found to have

engaged in delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for

supervision under Title 3, Family Code, may not be admitted to

the Waco Center for Youth.

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,

1991. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 8.077, eff.

Sept. 1, 1995.

Sec. 554.002. SERVICES. (a) The department shall provide

without charge appropriate education services for all clients

residing at the Waco Center for Youth.

(b) The department shall pay for those services from funds

appropriated to the center for that purpose.

(c) A client of the center who is not a resident of the Waco

Independent School District may receive education services from

the Waco Independent School District only with the prior approval

of the superintendent of the district.

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,

1991.