Texas § HS.260.001 - DEFINITIONS
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§ HS.260.001. DEFINITIONS
DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Assistance with self-administering medication" means assisting a resident by reminding the resident to take medication, opening and removing medications from a container, or reminding the resident when a prescription medication needs to be refilled. (2) "Boarding home facility" means an establishment that: (A) furnishes, in one or more buildings, lodging to three or more persons with disabilities or elderly persons who are unrelated to the owner of the establishment by blood or marriage; and (B) provides community meals, light housework, meal preparation, transportation, grocery shopping, money management, laundry services, or assistance with self-administration of medication but does not provide personal care services as defined by Section 247.002 to those persons. (3) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission. (4) "Elderly person" has the meaning assigned by Section 48.002 , Human Resources Code. (5) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission. (6) "Person with a disability" means a disabled person as defined by Section 48.002 , Human Resources Code. (7) "Resident" means a person who is residing in a boarding home facility. Redesignated from Health and Safety Code, Chapter 254 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 91 (S.B. 1303 ), Sec. 27.001(28), eff. September 1, 2011.
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Section HS.260.001 ("DEFINITIONS") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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