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.       ______________________________ ______________________________      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.     ______________________________   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.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate      APPROVED: __________________                   Date                       __________________                 Governor