Texas Health and Safety Code - HEALTH & SAFETY § 260.001. Definitions

(1) “Assistance with self-administering medication” means assisting a resident by reminding the resident to take medication, opening and removing medications from a container, or reminding the resident when a prescription medication needs to be refilled.

(2) “Boarding home facility” means an establishment that:

(3) “Commission” means the Health and Human Services Commission.

(4) “Elderly person” has the meaning assigned by Section 48.002, Human Resources Code.

(5) “Executive commissioner” means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.

(6) “Person with a disability” means a disabled person as defined by Section 48.002, Human Resources Code.

(7) “Resident” means a person who is residing in a boarding home facility.