Texas § FA.263.601 - DEFINITIONS
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§ FA.263.601. DEFINITIONS
DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Extended foster care" means a residential living arrangement in which a young adult voluntarily delegates to the department responsibility for the young adult's placement and care and in which the young adult resides with a foster parent or other residential services provider that is: (A) licensed or approved by the department or verified by a licensed or certified child-placing agency; and (B) paid under a contract with the department. (2) "Guardianship services" means the services provided by the Department of Aging and Disability Services under Subchapter E , Chapter 161 , Human Resources Code. (3) "Institution" means a residential facility that is operated, licensed, registered, certified, or verified by a state agency other than the department. The term includes a residential service provider under a Medicaid waiver program authorized under Section 1915(c) of the federal Social Security Act that provides services at a residence other than the young adult's own home. (3-a) "Trial independence" means the status assigned to a young adult under Section 263.6015 . (4) "Young adult" means a person who was in the conservatorship of the department on the day before the person's 18th birthday. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 96 (H.B. 704 ), Sec. 1, eff. May 23, 2009. Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3 (H.B. 79 ), Sec. 11.01, eff. September 28, 2011. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 4 (S.B. 1 ), Sec. 63.01, eff. September 28, 2011. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 456 (S.B. 886 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.
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