Tex. Health & Safety Code § 322.001 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Facility" means:
(A) a general residential operation, as defined by Section 42.002, Human Resources Code, including a state-operated facility, serving children with an intellectual disability;
(B) an ICF-IID licensed by the Department of Aging and Disability Services under Chapter 252 or operated by that department and exempt under Section 252.003 from the licensing requirements of that chapter;
(C) a mental hospital or mental health facility, as defined by Section 571.003;
(D) an institution, as defined by Section 242.002;
(E) an assisted living facility, as defined by Section 247.002; or
(F) a treatment facility, as defined by Section 464.001.
(2) "Health and human services agency" means an agency listed in Section 521.0001, Government Code.
(3) "Seclusion" means the involuntary separation of a resident from other residents and the placement of the resident alone in an area from which the resident is prevented from leaving.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 698 (S.B. 325), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0856, eff. April 2, 2015.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 2.49, eff. April 1, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.322.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 242.002DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 242.002
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 247.002DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 247.002
- Tex. Health & Safety Code ch. 252INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITYPrinted as Chapter 252
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 252.003EXEMPTIONS.Printed as Section 252.003
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 464.001DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 464.001
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 571.003DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 571.003
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