Tex. Health & Safety Code § 35.0022 · Chapter 35. CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS
CHILD WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1505, Sec. 3.02, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.35.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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