In this subchapter:
- (1) "Person with a disability" means a person whose physical or mental functioning is impaired to the extent that the person needs medical attention, counseling, physical therapy, therapeutic or corrective equipment, or another person's attendance and supervision.
- (2) "Plan of care" means a written description of the medical care or the supervision and nonmedical care needed by a person during respite care.
(3) "Respite care" means the provision by an institution to a person, for not more than two weeks for each stay in the institution, of:
- (A) room and board; and
- (B) care at the level ordinarily provided for permanent residents.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0632, eff. April 2, 2015.