Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
HUMAN RESOURCES CODE |
Title 8. RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES |
Chapter 123. COMMUNITY HOMES FOR DISABLED PERSONS LOCATION ACT |
Sec. 123.002. DEFINITION
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In this chapter, "person with a disability" means a person whose ability to care for himself, perform manual tasks, learn, work, walk, see, hear, speak, or breathe is substantially limited because the person has:
(1) an orthopedic, visual, speech, or hearing impairment;
(2) Alzheimer's disease;
(3) pre-senile dementia;
(4) cerebral palsy;
(5) epilepsy;
(6) muscular dystrophy;
(7) multiple sclerosis;
(8) cancer;
(9) heart disease;
(10) diabetes;
(11) mental retardation;
(12) autism; or
(13) emotional illness.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 12.01(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1991.