SB2583 - Relating to residential treatment facilities for certain juveniles.

  2025S0226-1 03/12/25     By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 2583     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   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 C to 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 C to 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. If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.