Tex.
Health & Safety Code Section 250.001
Definitions
(1)
“Nurse aide registry” means a list maintained by the Department of Aging and Disability Services of nurse aides under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (Pub. L. No. 100-203).(1-a)
“Consumer” means a resident of or an individual receiving services from a facility covered by this chapter.(1-b)
“Consumer-directed service option” has the meaning assigned by Section 531.051 (Consumer Direction of Certain Services for Persons with Disabilities and Elderly Persons), Government Code.(1-b)
“Consumer-directed service option” has the meaning assigned by Section 546.0101 (Definitions), Government Code.(2)
“Direct contact with a consumer” means any contact with a consumer.(3)
“Facility” means:(A)
a nursing facility, custodial care home, or other institution licensed by the Department of Aging and Disability Services under Chapter 242 (Convalescent and Nursing Facilities and Related Institutions);(B)
an assisted living facility licensed by the Department of Aging and Disability Services under Chapter 247 (Assisted Living Facilities);(C)
a home and community support services agency licensed under Chapter 142 (Home and Community Support Services);(D)
a day activity and health services facility licensed by the Department of Aging and Disability Services under Chapter 103 (Day Activity and Health Services), Human Resources Code;(E)
an ICF-IID licensed under Chapter 252 (Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability);(F)
an adult foster care provider that contracts with the Department of Aging and Disability Services;(G)
a facility that provides mental health services and that is operated by or contracts with the Department of State Health Services;(H)
a local mental health authority designated under Section 533.035 (Local Mental Health Authorities) or a local intellectual and developmental disability authority designated under Section 533.035 (Local Mental Health Authorities);(I)
a person exempt from licensing under Section 142.003 (Exemptions from Licensing Requirement)(a)(19) or (20);(J)
a special care facility licensed by the Department of State Health Services under Chapter 248 (Special Care Facilities);(K)
a mental health service unit of a hospital licensed under Chapter 241 (Hospitals); or(L)
a prescribed pediatric extended care center licensed by the Department of Aging and Disability Services under Chapter 248A (Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care Centers).(3-a)
“Financial management services agency” means an entity that contracts with the Department of Aging and Disability Services to serve as a fiscal and employer agent for an individual employer in the consumer-directed service option described by Section 531.051 (Consumer Direction of Certain Services for Persons with Disabilities and Elderly Persons), Government Code.(3-a)
“Financial management services agency” means an entity that contracts with the commission to serve as a fiscal and employer agent for an individual employer in the consumer-directed service option described by Section 546.0101 (Definitions), Government Code.(3-b)
“Individual employer” means an individual or legally authorized representative who participates in the consumer-directed service option and is responsible for hiring service providers to deliver program services.(4)
“Private agency” means a person engaged in the business of obtaining criminal history checks on behalf of a facility.(5)
“Regulatory agency” means a state agency referred to in Subdivision (3).(6)
“Commission” means the Health and Human Services Commission.(7)
“Executive commissioner” means the executive commissioner of the commission.
Source:
Section 250.001 — Definitions, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.250.htm#250.001 (accessed Apr. 20, 2024).
