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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 322.001

DEFINITIONS

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 698 (S.B. 325), Sec. 1, eff

In this chapter:

(1) "Facility" means:

(A) a general residential operation, as defined by Section 42.002, Human Resources Code, including a state-operated facility, serving children with an intellectual disability;

(B) an ICF-IID licensed by the Department of Aging and Disability Services under Chapter 252 or operated by that department and exempt under Section 252.003 from the licensing requirements of that chapter;

(C) a mental hospital or mental health facility, as defined by Section 571.003;

(D) an institution, as defined by Section 242.002;

(E) an assisted living facility, as defined by Section 247.002; or

(F) a treatment facility, as defined by Section 464.001.

(2) "Health and human services agency" means an agency listed in Section 521.0001, Government Code.

(3) "Seclusion" means the involuntary separation of a resident from other residents and the placement of the resident alone in an area from which the resident is prevented from leaving.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.