Sec. 2105.001. DEFINITIONS    


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  • In this chapter:

    (1) "Agency" means:

    (A) the Texas Department of Human Services;

    (B) the Texas Department of Health;

    (C) the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs;

    (D) the Texas Education Agency;

    (E) the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation;

    (F) the Texas Department on Aging; or

    (G) any other commission, board, department, or state agency designated to receive block grant funds.

    (2) "Block grant" means a program resulting from the consolidation or transfer of separate federal grant programs, including federal categorical programs, so that the state determines the amounts to be allocated or the method of allocating the amounts to various agencies or programs from the combined amounts, including a program consolidated or transferred under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (Pub. L. No. 97-35).

    (3) "Program" means an activity designed to deliver services or benefits provided by state or federal law.

    (4) "Provider" means a public or private organization that receives block grant funds or may be eligible to receive block grant funds to provide services or benefits to the public, including:

    (A) a local government unit;

    (B) a council of government;

    (C) a community action agency; or

    (D) a private new community developer or nonprofit community association in a community originally established as a new community development program under the Urban Growth and New Community Development Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. Section 4511 et seq.).

    (5) "Recipient" means an individual or a class of individuals who receives services or benefits available through block grants.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 173, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 6.29, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.