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Texas Business and Commerce Code - BUS & COM § 121.001. Definitions

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

<Other laws from the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, also added a Chapter 121;  see the notes provided with the chapter heading for this chapter.>

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.

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