The following words and terms have the following meanings when
used in this chapter unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Client--An individual who receives or has received
substance use disorder services from a provider in a substance use
disorder treatment program.
(2) Clinical Training Institution--An individual or
legal entity registered with the Texas Department of State Health
Services to supervise a licensed chemical dependency counselor intern.
(3) Consenter--The individual legally responsible for
giving informed consent for a client.
(4) Counseling--A collaborative process that facilitates
the client's progress toward mutually determined treatment goals and
objectives. Counseling includes methods that are sensitive to individual
client characteristics, to the influence of significant others, and
to the client's cultural and social context.
(5) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
(DSM)--The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,
published by the American Psychiatric Association. Any reference to
DSM constitutes a reference to the most recent edition unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise.
(6) Discharge--Formal, documented termination of services.
(7) Juvenile Justice Facility (or Facility)--A facility
operated wholly or partly by the juvenile board, by another governmental
unit, or by a private vendor under a contract with the juvenile board,
county, or other governmental unit that serves juveniles under juvenile
court jurisdiction. The term includes:
(A) a public or private juvenile pre-adjudication secure
detention facility, including a holdover facility;
(B) a public or private juvenile post-adjudication
secure correctional facility except for a facility operated solely
for children committed to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department; and
(C) a public or private non-secure juvenile post-adjudication
residential treatment facility that is not licensed by the Texas Department
of Family and Protective Services or the Texas Department of State
Health Services.
(8) Juvenile Justice Program (or Program)--A program
or department operated wholly or partly by the juvenile board or by
a private vendor under a contract with a juvenile board that serves
juveniles under juvenile court jurisdiction. The term includes:
(A) a juvenile justice alternative education program;
(B) a non-residential program that serves juvenile
offenders under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court; and
(C) a juvenile probation department.
(9) Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor--A counselor
licensed by the Texas Department of State Health Services pursuant
to Chapter 504, Occupations Code.
(10) Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor Intern--A
person registered with the Texas Department of State Health Services
who is pursuing a course of training in chemical dependency counseling
at a registered clinical training institution.
(11) Life Skills Training--A structured program of
training, based upon a written curriculum and provided by qualified
personnel, designed to help clients with social competencies such
as communication and social interaction, stress management, problem-solving,
decision-making, and management of daily responsibilities.
(12) Personnel--The members of the governing body of
a juvenile justice facility or juvenile justice program and, without
limitation, the employees, contractors, consultants, agents, representatives,
volunteers, interns, or other individuals working for or on behalf
of the facility or program through a formal or informal agreement.
(13) Prevention--A proactive process that uses multiple
strategies to preclude the illegal use of alcohol, tobacco, and other
drugs and to foster safe, healthy, drug-free environments.
(14) Provider--A person who provides or offers to provide
substance use disorder treatment in a substance use disorder treatment
program. The term is limited to a qualified credentialed counselor
or any other person authorized by the State of Texas to provide substance
use disorder treatment under the supervision of a QCC.
(15) Qualified Credentialed Counselor (QCC)--Means:
(A) a licensed chemical dependency counselor who is
licensed and in good standing in the State of Texas;
(B) one of the practitioners listed below who is licensed
and in good standing in the State of Texas and, in performing any
activity as a QCC, is acting within the authorized scope of the individual's
license:
(i) licensed professional counselor (LPC);
(ii) licensed clinical social worker (LCSW);
(iii) licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT);
(iv) licensed psychologist;
(v) licensed physician;
(vi) licensed physician assistant;
(vii) certified addictions registered nurse (CARN);
(viii) advanced practice registered nurse licensed
by the Texas Board of Nursing as a psychiatric/mental health clinical
nurse specialist or psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner;
or
(C) an individual with a license that the administrative
rules of the Texas Department of State Health Services identify as
sufficient to qualify the individual as a QCC.
(16) Recovery Maintenance--A level of treatment designed
to maintain and support a client's continued recovery.
(17) Substance Use Disorder--Defined by the most recent
published edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders (see DSM).
(18) Substance Use Disorder Services (or Services)--A
comprehensive term intended to describe activities undertaken to address
any substance use disorder, including prevention activities. The term
includes the provision of screening, assessment, referral, and treatment.
(19) Substance Use Disorder Treatment (or Treatment)--A
planned, structured, and organized clinical intervention designed
primarily to help the client achieve appropriate levels of physical,
psychological, or social functioning by identifying and changing patterns
of behavior that are maladaptive, destructive, or injurious to health
and that are related to or resulting from substance use disorders.
(20) Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program (or Treatment
Program)--A program that has a primary focus on providing substance
use disorder treatment and that is offered by a juvenile justice facility
or juvenile justice program. This term means substance abuse facility
or program as used in Section 221.002, Human Resources Code.
(21) Supplemental Support--Substance use disorder services
that do not meet the definition of substance use disorder treatment,
such as drug education, prevention, or other support services that
are designed to support substance use prevention or treatment goals.
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