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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 35.0022

CHILD WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS

Known as the Children with Special Health Care Needs Services Act

The act spans §§ 35–35 (21 sections).

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1505, Sec. 3.02, eff

(a) In this chapter, "child with special health care needs" means a person who:

(1) is younger than 21 years of age and who has a chronic physical or developmental condition; or

(2) has cystic fibrosis, regardless of the person's age.

(b) The term "child with special health care needs" may include a person who has a behavioral or emotional condition that accompanies the person's physical or developmental condition. The term does not include a person who has a behavioral or emotional condition without having an accompanying physical or developmental condition.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.