89R20934 RAL-D     By: Rose, Leo Wilson H.B. No. 109       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 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 2.  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 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.