H.B. No. 558
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to court-ordered support for a child with a disability.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 154.302, Family Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  Notwithstanding Subsection (b), a court that orders
  support under this section for an adult child with a disability may
  designate a special needs trust and provide that the support may be
  paid directly to the trust for the benefit of the adult child.  The
  court shall order that support payable to a special needs trust
  under this subsection be paid directly to the trust and may not
  order the support be paid to the state disbursement unit.  This
  subsection does not apply in a Title IV-D case.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act constitutes a
  material and substantial change of circumstances under Section
  156.401, Family Code, sufficient to warrant modification of a court
  order or a portion of a decree that provides for the support of a
  child rendered before the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 558 was passed by the House on
  April 12, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 0, 1
  present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 558 was passed by the Senate on
  May 
  16, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor