Title HS, Health and Safety Code

Sec. 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 by the executive commissioner. The individual shall …

Sec. 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 for each individual in attendance, and the records are open for inspection by the d…

Sec. 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 are not eligible for special education services that re…

Sec. 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 conservator, or other person with a legal obligation to support the ind…

Sec. 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 reimburse the department for a part of the cost of the remedial services provided. (b) The recip…

Sec. 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 as required by this chapter; or (2) a third party with a legal obligation to pay other benefi…

Sec. 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, and the dep…

Sec. 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 the availability of those services in the state. (b) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg.,…

Sec. 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 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Sec. 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., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.