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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 554.001

ADMISSION OF CERTAIN JUVENILES

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff

(a) The department shall designate state facilities for use as residential treatment facilities 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.

(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.

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