Texas Statutes
Chapter 35 - Children With Special Health Care Needs
Section 35.0022. Child With Special Health Care Needs

Sec. 35.0022. CHILD WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS. (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.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1505, Sec. 3.02, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.