The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter,
have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise.
(1) Board of trustees--A body of persons selected and
appointed in accordance with Health and Safety Code, Title 7, §534.002
or §534.003, and §534.004, §534.005, and §534.0065,
that has responsibility for the effective administration of a community
center.
(2) Community center or center--A center established
under Health and Safety Code, Title 7, Chapter 534, Subchapter A.
(3) Current plan--The most recently approved initial
or modified plan.
(4) DADS--The Department of Aging and Disability Services.
(5) DSHS--The Department of State Health Services.
(6) Facility--A state hospital, state supported living
center, or state center.
(7) Initial plan--The plan developed by a board of
trustees to establish a new community center.
(8) Local agency--A county, municipality, hospital
district, school district, or any organizational combination of two
or more of these which may establish and operate a community center.
(9) Local contribution--Funds or in-kind contribution
by each local agency to a community center in the amount approved
by DADS and DSHS, which includes local match if the center is a local
authority.
(10) Local authority--In accordance with Health and
Safety Code, §533.035(a), an entity designated as a local mental
retardation authority or a local mental health authority by the executive
commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.
(11) Local match--In accordance with Health and Safety
Code, §534.066, those funds or in-kind support from a local authority
that are required to match some or all of the state funds the local
authority receives pursuant to a contract with DADS or DSHS.
(12) Mental health services--All services concerned
with research, prevention, and detection of mental disorders and disabilities
and all services necessary to treat, care for, supervise, and rehabilitate
persons with a severe and persistent mental illness which may be accompanied
by chemical dependency or mental retardation.
(13) Mental retardation services--All services concerned
with research, prevention, and detection of mental retardation and
all services related to the education, training, habilitation, care,
treatment, and supervision of persons with mental retardation, except
the education of school-age persons that the public educational system
is authorized to provide.
(14) Region--The area within the boundaries of the
local agencies participating in the operation of a community center
established under Health and Safety Code, Chapter 534, Subchapter
A.
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Source Note: The provisions of this §300.5 adopted to be effective May 25, 2000, 25 TexReg 4540; amended to be effective September 11, 2011, 36 TexReg 5691; transferred effective May 13, 2024, as published in the Texas Register April 12, 2024, 49 TexReg 2321 |