CHAPTER 554. STATE CENTERS AND HOMES
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.