Tex. Health and Safety Code § 252.181
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 252.181, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 252.181. DEFINITIONS.
Official statutory text
In this subchapter:
(1) "Plan of care" means a written description of the care, training, and treatment needed by a person during respite care.
(2) "Respite care" means the provision by a facility to a person, for not more than two weeks for each stay in the facility, of:
(A) room and board; and
(B) care at the level ordinarily provided for permanent residents.
(1) "Plan of care" means a written description of the care, training, and treatment needed by a person during respite care.
(2) "Respite care" means the provision by a facility to a person, for not more than two weeks for each stay in the facility, of:
(A) room and board; and
(B) care at the level ordinarily provided for permanent residents.
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