S.B. No. 957

	AN ACT
	relating to the clarification of terminology relating to the Waco
	Center for Youth.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 554.001, Health and
	Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The department shall use the Waco Center for Youth as a
	residential treatment facility for emotionally disturbed juveniles
	who:
	(1)  have been admitted [committed] under Subtitle C to
	a facility of the department; or
	(2)  are under the managing conservatorship of the
	Department of Family and Protective [and Regulatory] Services and
	have been admitted [committed] under Subtitle C to the Waco Center
	for Youth.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act to Subsection
	(a), Section 554.001, Health and Safety Code, is a clarification of
	existing law and does not imply that the former law may be construed
	as inconsistent with the law as amended by this Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 957 passed the Senate on
	March 31, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 957 passed the House on
	May 23, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0, one
	present not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	Approved:
	______________________________
	Date
	______________________________
	Governor