Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 121.001
This is the official text of Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 121.001, part of Texas’s Business & Commerce Code — governs commercial transactions and general business practices.
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§ 121.001. DEFINITIONS.
Official statutory text
In this chapter:
(1) "Consumer" means an individual seeking a referral to a senior living community.
(2) "Referral agency" means an entity that provides referrals of senior living communities to consumers for a fee collected from a consumer or community. The term does not include:
(A) a senior living community or its employees; or
(B) a resident, resident's family member, or patron of a senior living community who refers a consumer to the community regardless of any discount or other remuneration the community pays to that individual.
(3) "Senior living community" means an adult foster care facility, life care facility, assisted living facility licensed under Chapter 247, Health and Safety Code, retirement home, memory care facility, retirement village, home for the aging, or other facility that provides shelter, food, social activities, or other personal services specifically for elderly individuals.
(1) "Consumer" means an individual seeking a referral to a senior living community.
(2) "Referral agency" means an entity that provides referrals of senior living communities to consumers for a fee collected from a consumer or community. The term does not include:
(A) a senior living community or its employees; or
(B) a resident, resident's family member, or patron of a senior living community who refers a consumer to the community regardless of any discount or other remuneration the community pays to that individual.
(3) "Senior living community" means an adult foster care facility, life care facility, assisted living facility licensed under Chapter 247, Health and Safety Code, retirement home, memory care facility, retirement village, home for the aging, or other facility that provides shelter, food, social activities, or other personal services specifically for elderly individuals.
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