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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