Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 73.001 · Chapter 73. EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION SERVICES
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission.
(2) "Department" means the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services.
(3) "Developmental delay" means a significant variation in normal development as measured by appropriate diagnostic instruments and procedures, in one or more of the following areas:
(A) cognitive development;
(B) physical development;
(C) communication development;
(D) social or emotional development; or
(E) adaptive development.
(4) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p.1012, ch. 235, art. 4, Sec. 4(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1983. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 931, art. 12, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 923, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 4.304, eff. April 2, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.73.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 921bf32a0aa622f4bfc1082528e97707de4f8c9266e8779690ab44a1534e3f5b
- Composed by
- 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
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