HB 109

H.B. No. 109
  AN ACT
  relating to the construction, expansion, and operation of certain
  inpatient mental health facilities and the designation of
  residential treatment facilities for certain juveniles.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 551.007, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  If the legislature appropriates money to the commission
  for the purpose of the construction, expansion, or operation of
  certain inpatient mental health facilities under authority
  conferred by Sections 2155.144(b-2) and 2166.251, Government Code,
  the commission may award the money as a one-time grant directly to
  an entity for that purpose.
         SECTION 2.  Section 554.001(a), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The department shall designate state 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 a state facility designated by the department
  under this section [the Waco Center for Youth].
         SECTION 3.  Section 554.002, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 554.002.  SERVICES.  (a)  The department shall provide
  without charge appropriate education services for all clients
  residing at state facilities designated by the department under
  Section 554.001 [the Waco Center for Youth].
         (b)  The department shall pay for the [those] services
  described by Subsection (a) from funds appropriated [to the center]
  for that purpose.
         (c)  A client of a state facility designated by the
  department under Section 554.001 [the center] who is not a resident
  of the school district that serves the geographical area in which
  the facility is located [Waco Independent School District] may
  receive education services from the district [Waco Independent
  School District] only with the prior approval of the superintendent
  of the district.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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     President of the Senate
  Speaker of the House     
         I certify that H.B. No. 109 was passed by the House on April
  29, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 2, 1 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 109 on May 20, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 126, Nays 1, 1
  present, not voting.
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  Chief Clerk of the House   
         I certify that H.B. No. 109 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 14, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0.
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  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
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                Governor