In this subchapter:
(1) “Children with severe emotional disturbances” includes:
(A) children who are at risk of incarceration or placement in a residential mental health facility;
(B) children for whom a court may appoint the Department of Family and Protective Services as managing conservator;
(C) children who are students in a special education program under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, Education Code; and
(D) children who have a substance abuse disorder or a developmental disability.
(2) “Community resource coordination group” means a coordination group established under a memorandum of understanding adopted under § 531.055.
(3) “Systems of care services” means a comprehensive state system of mental health services and other necessary and related services that is organized as a coordinated network to meet the multiple and changing needs of children with severe emotional disturbances and their families.

Text of section effective until April 01, 2025