Texas Human Resources Code - HUM RES § 91.002. Definitions

(1) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., ch. 1 (S.B. 219), § 4.465(a)(79).

(2) “Blind” means a person having not more than 20/200 visual acuity in the better eye with correcting lenses or visual acuity greater than 20/200 but with a limitation in the field of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees.

(3) “Child with visual impairments” means a child who is blind or visually impaired or who has a visual condition that requires treatment, psychological assistance counseling, or other assistance that the department can provide.

(3-a) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of assistive and rehabilitative services.

(3-b) “Department” means the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services.

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

(4) “Visual disability” includes blindness, an eye condition for which there is a medical prognosis indicating that the condition is of a progressive nature and may deteriorate either to blindness or to a substantial loss of vision, and physical or psychological disabilities that accompany or complement a disorder or imperfection of the eye.

(5) “Visually impaired” means a visual acuity of not more than 20/70 in the better eye with correcting lenses, or visual acuity greater than 20/70 but with a limitation in the field of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than 30 degrees.