Sec. 531.421. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
(1) "Children with severe emotional disturbances" includes:
(A) children who are at risk of incarceration or placement in a residential mental health facility;
(B) children for whom a court may appoint the Department of Family and Protective Services as managing conservator;
(C) children who are students in a special education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, Education Code; and
(D) children who have a substance abuse disorder or a developmental disability.
(2) "Community resource coordination group" means a coordination group established under a memorandum of understanding adopted under Section 531.055.
(3) "Systems of care services" means a comprehensive state system of mental health services and other necessary and related services that is organized as a coordinated network to meet the multiple and changing needs of children with severe emotional disturbances and their families.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 198, Sec. 2.166(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 2.183, eff. April 2, 2015.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 573 (S.B. 241), Sec. 1.07, eff. September 1, 2019.
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