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Texas Health & Safety Code - Chapter 36 Special Senses And Communication DisordersLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Health & Safety Code > Texas Health & Safety Code - Chapter 36 Special Senses And Communication Disorders This chapter may be cited as the Special Senses and Communication Disorders Act. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. ... (a) The purpose of this chapter is to establish a program to identify, at as early an age as possible, those individuals from birth through ... In this chapter: (1) "Communication disorder" means an abnormality of functioning related to the ability to express and receive ideas. (2) "Other benefit" means a ... (a) The board by rule shall require screening of individuals who attend public or private preschools or schools to detect vision and hearing disorders and ... (a) An individual required to be screened shall undergo approved screening for vision and hearing disorders and any other special senses and communication disorders specified ... (a) The chief administrator of each preschool or school shall maintain, on a form prescribed by the department, screening records for each individual in attendance, ... (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 ... (a) An individual is not eligible to receive the remedial services authorized by this chapter to the extent that the individual or the parent, managing ... (a) The board may require an individual or, if the individual is a minor, the minor's parent, managing conservator, or guardian, to pay or reimburse ... (a) The department is entitled to recover an expenditure for services provided under this chapter from: (1) a person who does not reimburse the department ... (a) The department may require that persons who administer special senses and communication disorders screening complete an approved training program, and the department may train ... (a) The department may conduct research and compile statistics on the provision of remedial services to individuals with special senses and communication disorders and on ... The department may accept appropriations, donations, and reimbursements, including donations of prosthetic devices, and may apply those items to the purposes of this chapter. Acts ... The department may enter into contracts and agreements necessary to administer this chapter, including contracts for the purchase of remedial services. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ... Last modified: August 10, 2007 |