DEFINITIONS.

In this chapter:

(1) "Agency" means:

(A) the Health and Human Services Commission;

(B) the Department of State Health Services;

(C) the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs;

(D) the Texas Education Agency;

(E) the Department of Aging and Disability Services; or

(F) any other commission, board, department, or state agency designated to receive block grant funds.

(2) "Block grant" means a program resulting from the consolidation or transfer of separate federal grant programs, including federal categorical programs, so that the state determines the amounts to be allocated or the method of allocating the amounts to various agencies or programs from the combined amounts, including a program consolidated or transferred under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (Pub. L. No. 97-35).

(3) "Program" means an activity designed to deliver services or benefits provided by state or federal law.

(4) "Provider" means a public or private organization that receives block grant funds or may be eligible to receive block grant funds to provide services or benefits to the public, including:

(A) a local government unit;

(B) a council of government;

(C) a community action agency; or

(D) a private new community developer or nonprofit community association in a community originally established as a new community development program under the former Urban Growth and New Community Development Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. Section 4511 et seq.).

(5) "Recipient" means an individual or a class of individuals who receives services or benefits available through block grants.