Sec. 533.031. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
(1) "Elderly resident" means a person 65 years of age or older residing in a department facility.
(2) "Extended care unit" means a residential unit in a department facility that contains patients with chronic mental illness who require long-term care, maintenance, limited programming, and constant supervision.
(3) "Transitional living unit" means a residential unit that is designed for the primary purpose of facilitating the return of hard-to-place psychiatric patients with chronic mental illness from acute care units to the community through an array of services appropriate for those patients.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 478 (H.B. 2439), Sec. 1, eff. June 16, 2007.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1335, eff. April 2, 2015.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 7 - Mental Health and Intellectual Disability
Subtitle A - Services for Persons With Mental Illness or an Intellectual Disability
Chapter 533 - Powers and Duties of Department of State Health Services
Subchapter B. Powers and Duties Relating to Provision of Mental Health Services
Section 533.032. Long-Range Planning
Section 533.0325. Continuum of Services in Campus Facilities
Section 533.033. Determination of Required Range of Mental Health Services
Section 533.034. Authority to Contract for Community-Based Services
Section 533.0345. State Agency Services Standards
Section 533.035. Local Mental Health Authorities
Section 533.0351. Required Composition of Local Mental Health Authority Governing Body
Section 533.0352. Local Authority Planning for Local Service Area
Section 533.03521. Local Network Development Plan Creation and Approval
Section 533.0356. Local Behavioral Health Authorities
Section 533.0357. Best Practices Clearinghouse for Local Mental Health Authorities
Section 533.0358. Local Mental Health Authority's Provision of Services as Provider of Last Resort
Section 533.0359. Rulemaking for Local Mental Health Authorities
Section 533.037. Service Programs and Sheltered Workshops
Section 533.040. Services for Children and Youth
Section 533.0415. Memorandum of Understanding on Interagency Training
Section 533.042. Evaluation of Elderly Residents
Section 533.043. Proposals for Geriatric, Extended, and Transitional Care
Section 533.051. Allocation of Outpatient Mental Health Services and Beds in State Hospitals