Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.181
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.181, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 242.181. DEFINITIONS.
Official statutory text
In this subchapter:
(1) "Person with a disability" means a person whose physical or mental functioning is impaired to the extent that the person needs medical attention, counseling, physical therapy, therapeutic or corrective equipment, or another person's attendance and supervision.
(2) "Plan of care" means a written description of the medical care or the supervision and nonmedical care needed by a person during respite care.
(3) "Respite care" means the provision by an institution to a person, for not more than two weeks for each stay in the institution, of:
(A) room and board; and
(B) care at the level ordinarily provided for permanent residents.
(1) "Person with a disability" means a person whose physical or mental functioning is impaired to the extent that the person needs medical attention, counseling, physical therapy, therapeutic or corrective equipment, or another person's attendance and supervision.
(2) "Plan of care" means a written description of the medical care or the supervision and nonmedical care needed by a person during respite care.
(3) "Respite care" means the provision by an institution to a person, for not more than two weeks for each stay in the institution, of:
(A) room and board; and
(B) care at the level ordinarily provided for permanent residents.
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