Tex. Fam. Code § 55.06 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
CRITERIA FOR COURT-ORDERED RESIDENTIAL INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY SERVICES FOR CHILD.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A child may not be court-ordered to receive services at a residential care facility unless:
(1) the child is a child with an intellectual disability;
(2) evidence is presented showing that because of the child's intellectual disability, the child:
(A) represents a substantial risk of physical impairment or injury to the child or others; or
(B) is unable to provide for and is not providing for the child's most basic personal physical needs;
(3) the child cannot be adequately and appropriately habilitated in an available, less restrictive setting;
(4) the residential care facility provides habilitative services, care, training, and treatment appropriate to the child's needs; and
(5) an interdisciplinary team recommends placement in the residential care facility.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1166 (S.B. 1585), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.55.htm
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Cited by 10 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Fam. Code § 55.06. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Family Code
- Tex. Fam. Code § 55.31UNFITNESS TO PROCEED DETERMINATION; EXAMINATION.Printed as Section 55.05 or 55.06
- Tex. Fam. Code § 55.33PROCEEDINGS FOLLOWING FINDING OF UNFITNESS TO PROCEED.Printed as Section 55.05 or 55.06
- Tex. Fam. Code § 55.35INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE SENT TO FACILITY OR ALTERNATIVE SETTING; REPORT TO COURT.Printed as Section 55.05 or 55.06
- Tex. Fam. Code § 55.40REPORT THAT CHILD IS UNFIT TO PROCEED AS A RESULT OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY.Printed as Section 55.06
- Tex. Fam. Code § 55.51LACK OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONDUCT DETERMINATION; EXAMINATION.Printed as Section 55.05 or 55.06
- Tex. Fam. Code § 55.52PROCEEDINGS FOLLOWING FINDING OF LACK OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONDUCT.Printed as Section 55.05 or 55.06
- Tex. Fam. Code § 55.54INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE SENT TO FACILITY OR ALTERNATIVE SETTING; REPORT TO COURT.Printed as Section 55.05 or 55.06
- Tex. Fam. Code § 55.55REPORT THAT CHILD DOES NOT HAVE MENTAL ILLNESS OR INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; HEARING ON OBJECTION.Printed as Section 55.05 or 55.06
- Tex. Fam. Code § 55.59REPORT THAT CHILD HAS INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; INITIATION OF PROCEEDINGS FOR COURT-ORDERED RESIDENTIAL INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY SERVICES.Printed as Section 55.06
- Tex. Fam. Code § 55.67PROCEEDINGS IN JUVENILE COURT FOR CHILD FOUND UNFIT TO PROCEED OR LACKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONDUCT DUE TO INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY.Printed as Section 55.06
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