2005 Texas Health & Safety Code CHAPTER 554. STATE CENTERS AND HOMES

HEALTH & SAFETY CODE

CHAPTER 554. STATE CENTERS AND HOMES

SUBCHAPTER A. WACO CENTER FOR YOUTH


	§ 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, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.  
Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, § 8.077, eff. Sept. 1, 
1995.


	§ 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, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.