In this subchapter:
(1) "Developmental disability" means a severe, chronic disability that:
- (A) is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or to a combination of a mental and physical impairment;
- (B) is manifested before a person reaches the age of 22;
- (C) is likely to continue indefinitely;
(D) results in substantial functional limitations in three or more major life activities, including:
- (i) self-care;
- (ii) receptive and expressive language;
- (iii) learning;
- (iv) mobility;
- (v) self-direction;
- (vi) capacity for independent living; and
- (vii) economic sufficiency; and
- (E) reflects the person's needs for a combination and sequence of special interdisciplinary or generic care, treatment, or other lifelong or extended services that are individually planned and coordinated.
- (2) "Executive committee" means the executive committee of the Office for the Prevention of Developmental Disabilities.
- (3) "Office" means the Office for the Prevention of Developmental Disabilities.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1209, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.