In this chapter:
- (1) "Comprehensive medical rehabilitation" means the provision of rehabilitation services that are designed to improve or minimize a person's physical or cognitive disabilities, maximize a person's functional ability, or restore a person's lost functional capacity through close coordination of services, communication, interaction, and integration among several professions that share the responsibility to achieve team treatment goals for the person.
- (1-a) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.
- (2) "Hospital" has the meaning assigned by Section 241.003.
- (3) "License" means a state agency permit, certificate, approval, registration, or other form of permission required by state law.
- (4) "Mental health facility" has the meaning assigned by Section 571.003.
- (5) "State health care regulatory agency" means a state agency that licenses a health care professional.
- (6) "Treatment facility" has the meaning assigned by Section 464.001.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 705, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0854, eff. April 2, 2015.