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Section 36.007. Provision of Remedial Services

TX Health & Safety Code § 36.007 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 36.007. PROVISION OF REMEDIAL SERVICES. (a) The department may provide remedial services directly or through approved providers to eligible individuals who have certain special senses and communication disorders and who are not eligible for special education services that remediate those disorders and that are administered by the Texas Education Agency through the public schools.

(b) The executive commissioner by rule shall:

(1) describe the type, amount, and duration of remedial services that the department provides;

(2) establish medical, financial, and other criteria to be applied by the department in determining an individual's eligibility for the services;

(3) establish criteria for the selection by the department of providers of remedial services; and

(4) establish procedures necessary to provide remedial services.

(c) The executive commissioner may establish a schedule to determine financial eligibility.

(d) The department may not require remedial services without the consent of the individual or, if the individual is a minor, the minor's parent, managing conservator, or guardian.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 6.34, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Amended by:

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0123, eff. April 2, 2015.

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