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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
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Title 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL RETARDATION |
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Subtitle A. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL RETARDATION |
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Chapter 533. POWERS AND DUTIES |
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Subchapter B. POWERS AND DUTIES RELATING TO PROVISION OF SERVICES |
Sec. 533.031. DEFINITIONS
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In this subchapter:
(1) "Elderly resident" means a person 65 years of age or older residing in a department facility.
(2) "Extended care unit" means a residential unit in a department facility that contains patients with chronic mental illness who require long-term care, maintenance, limited programming, and constant supervision.
(3) "Transitional living unit" means a residential unit that is designed for the primary purpose of facilitating the return of hard-to-place psychiatric patients with chronic mental illness from acute care units to the community through an array of services appropriate for those patients.
(4) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission.
(5) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.
(6) "ICF-MR and related waiver programs" includes ICF-MR Section 1915(c) waiver programs, home and community-based services, Texas home living waiver services, or another Medicaid program serving persons with mental retardation.
(7) "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)).
(8) "Qualified service provider" means an entity that meets requirements for service providers established by the executive commissioner.