Tex.
Human Resources Code Section 91.002
Definitions
(1)
Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 4.465(a)(79), eff. April 2, 2015.(2)
“Blind” means a person having not more than 20/200 visual acuity in the better eye with correcting lenses or visual acuity greater than 20/200 but with a limitation in the field of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees.(3)
“Child with visual impairments” means a child who is blind or visually impaired or who has a visual condition that requires treatment, psychological assistance counseling, or other assistance that the department can provide.(3-a)
“Commissioner” means the commissioner of assistive and rehabilitative services.(3-b)
“Department” means the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services.(3-c)
“Executive commissioner” means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.(4)
“Visual disability” includes blindness, an eye condition for which there is a medical prognosis indicating that the condition is of a progressive nature and may deteriorate either to blindness or to a substantial loss of vision, and physical or psychological disabilities that accompany or complement a disorder or imperfection of the eye.(5)
“Visually impaired” means a visual acuity of not more than 20/70 in the better eye with correcting lenses, or visual acuity greater than 20/70 but with a limitation in the field of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than 30 degrees.
Source:
Section 91.002 — Definitions, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.91.htm#91.002 (accessed Apr. 13, 2024).
