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H.B. No. 1188 AN ACT relating to the provision of information regarding a local intellectual and developmental disability authority to the parents or guardians of certain special education students. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. This Act may be referred to as the Caytlin Handley Act. SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 29, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 29.030 to read as follows: Sec. 29.030. PROVISION OF INFORMATION REGARDING LOCAL INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AUTHORITY. (a) At the first individualized education program committee meeting during which a student's individualized education program is developed under Section 29.005, a school district shall provide the parent or legal guardian of a student who has an intellectual disability or a developmental delay with information about services and public benefits provided by the local intellectual and developmental disability authority that serves the county in which the student resides, including services under waiver programs established under Section 1915(c), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1396n(c)). (b) The agency, in collaboration with the Health and Human Services Commission, shall develop informational materials that include the information described by Subsection (a) and make those materials available for use by school districts. SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 school year. SECTION 4. 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, 2025. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1188 was passed by the House on April 25, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 126, Nays 3, 1 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1188 was passed by the Senate on May 16, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor
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