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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 535. SUPPORT SERVICES |
Sec. 535.001. DEFINITIONS
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In this chapter:
(1) "Assistance" means a subsidy granted by the department to provide support services to a client.
(2) "Client" means a person with a mental disability who lives independently or a family who receives assistance under this chapter.
(3) "Family" means a group that consists of a person with a mental disability and that person's parent, sibling, spouse, child, or legal guardian. The group may include others.
(4) "Legal guardian" means a person appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction to exercise powers over a person with a mental disability.
(5) "Mental illness" has the meaning assigned by Section 571.003.
(6) "Mental retardation" has the meaning assigned by Section 591.003.
(7) "Other support programs" means:
(A) all forms of local, state, or federal support services other than assistance;
(B) contract programs; or
(C) support services provided by public or private funds for persons with mental disabilities or their families.
(8) "Parent" means a natural, foster, surrogate, or adoptive parent.
(9) "Person with a mental disability" means:
(A) a person with mental illness;
(B) a person with mental retardation;
(C) a person with a pervasive developmental disorder; or
(D) a person younger than four years of age who is eligible for early childhood intervention services.
(10) "Pervasive developmental disorder" means a disorder that begins in childhood and that meets the criteria for a pervasive developmental disorder established in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Edition III-R.