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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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GOVERNMENT CODE |
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Title 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH |
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Subtitle I. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES |
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Chapter 531. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION |
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Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS; ORGANIZATION OF COMMISSION |
Sec. 531.001. DEFINITIONS
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In this subtitle:
(1) "Caseload standards" means the minimum and maximum number of cases that an employee can reasonably be expected to perform in a normal work month based on the number of cases handled by or the number of different job functions performed by the employee.
(1-a) "Child health plan program" means the child health plan program established under Chapters 62 and 63, Health and Safety Code.
(2) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission.
(3) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.
(4) "Health and human services agencies" includes the:
(A) Department of Aging and Disability Services;
(B) Department of State Health Services;
(C) Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services; and
(D) Department of Family and Protective Services.
(4-a) "Home telemonitoring service" means a health service that requires scheduled remote monitoring of data related to a patient's health and transmission of the data to a licensed home health agency or a hospital, as those terms are defined by Section 531.02164(a).
(5) "Professional caseload standards" means caseload standards that are established or are recommended for establishment for employees of health and human services agencies by management studies conducted for health and human services agencies or by an authority or association, including the Child Welfare League of America, the National Eligibility Workers Association, the National Association of Social Workers, and associations of state health and human services agencies.
(6) "Section 1915(c) waiver program" means a federally funded Medicaid program of the state that is authorized under Section 1915(c) of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1396n(c)).
(7) "Telehealth service" means a health service, other than a telemedicine medical service, that is delivered by a licensed or certified health professional acting within the scope of the health professional's license or certification who does not perform a telemedicine medical service and that requires the use of advanced telecommunications technology, other than telephone or facsimile technology, including:
(A) compressed digital interactive video, audio, or data transmission;
(B) clinical data transmission using computer imaging by way of still-image capture and store and forward; and
(C) other technology that facilitates access to health care services or medical specialty expertise.
(8) "Telemedicine medical service" means a health care service that is initiated by a physician or provided by a health professional acting under physician delegation and supervision, that is provided for purposes of patient assessment by a health professional, diagnosis or consultation by a physician, or treatment, or for the transfer of medical data, and that requires the use of advanced telecommunications technology, other than telephone or facsimile technology, including:
(A) compressed digital interactive video, audio, or data transmission;
(B) clinical data transmission using computer imaging by way of still-image capture and store and forward; and
(C) other technology that facilitates access to health care services or medical specialty expertise.