The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

1. (1) Committee--means a body of persons delegated to consider, investigate, take action on, or report on some matter.
2. (2) Council--means the Texas Health Care Information Council.
3. (3) Council Board--means the Council's Board members
4. (4) Chairman--The person appointed by the Governor to chair the Council as specified in §108.003(d) of the Health and Safety Code.
5. (5) Chairperson--The presiding officer of a meeting or committee.
6. (6) Executive Committee--means the Council Board Members who serve as officers of the Council Board or Chair one of the Council committees.
7. (7) Executive Director--means the chief executive officer of the Council

8. (8) Health care facility--means:

   1. (A) a hospital;
   2. (B) an ambulatory surgical center licensed under Chapter 243;
   3. (C) a chemical dependency treatment facility licensed under Chapter 464;
   4. (D) a renal dialysis facility;
   5. (E) a birthing center;
   6. (F) a rural health clinic; or
   7. (G) a federally qualified health center as defined by 42 U.S.C. §396d(l)(2)(B).
9. (9) Initiating Committee--means the committee of the Council authoring the charge.
10. (10) Provider--means a physician or health care facility.
11. (11) Provider Level--means data or information that identifies specific providers by name or uniform identifier.
12. (12) PIR--Public Information Report--A report created for providing information related to health care quality or effectiveness or access to health care that will be shared with the public.
13. (13) Request for information--means a request made by individual or organization for summarized or analyzed responses from publicly available data. The Council does not consider a request for information and responses as a public information report.
14. (14) TAC--Technical Advisory Committee--as specified in §108.003(g) of the Health and Safety Code.

Source Note:The provisions of this §421.41 adopted to be effective April 21, 2002, 27 TexReg 3186; transferred effective September 1, 2004, as published in the Texas Register September 10, 2004, 29 TexReg 8842.