Texas Health And Safety Code Title 2, Chapter 36 - Special Senses And Communication Disorders

• Texas Section 36.001 - Short Title
  This chapter may be cited as the Special Senses and Communication Disorders Act. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
• Texas Section 36.002 - Purpose
  (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...
• Texas Section 36.003 - Definitions
  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...
• Texas Section 36.004 - Screening Program For Special Senses And Communication Disorders
  (a) The executive commissioner by rule shall require screening of individuals who attend public or private preschools or schools to detect vision and hearing disorders...
• Texas Section 36.005 - Compliance With Screening Requirements
  (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...
• Texas Section 36.006 - Records; Reports
  (a) The chief administrator of each preschool or school shall maintain, on a form prescribed by the department in accordance with department rules, screening records...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 36.008 - Individuals Eligible For Remedial Services
  (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...
• Texas Section 36.009 - Reimbursement
  (a) The executive commissioner may require an individual or, if the individual is a minor, the minor's parent, managing conservator, or guardian, to pay or...
• Texas Section 36.010 - Recovery Of Costs
  (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...
• Texas Section 36.011 - Qualifications Of Persons Providing Screening And Remedial Services
  (a) The department in accordance with department rules may require that persons who administer special senses and communication disorders screening complete an approved training program,...
• Texas Section 36.012 - Research
  (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...
• Texas Section 36.013 - Funding
  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...
• Texas Section 36.014 - Contracts
  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: September 28, 2016