Sec. 35.0022.  CHILD WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS.  (a)  In this chapter, "child with special health care needs" means a person who:
(1)  is younger than 21 years of age and who has a chronic physical or developmental condition;  or
(2)  has cystic fibrosis, regardless of the person's age.
(b)  The term "child with special health care needs" may include a person who has a behavioral or emotional condition that accompanies the person's physical or developmental condition.  The term does not include a person who has a behavioral or emotional condition without having an accompanying physical or developmental condition.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1505, Sec. 3.02, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.