Sec. 164.003.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:
(1)  "Advertising" or "advertise" means a solicitation or inducement, through print or electronic media, including radio, television, or direct mail, to purchase the services provided by a treatment facility.
(2)  "Chemical dependency" has the meaning assigned by Section 462.001.
(3)  "Chemical dependency facility" means a treatment facility as that term is defined by Section 462.001.
(4)  "Intervention and assessment service" means a service that offers assessment, counseling, evaluation, intervention, or referral services or makes treatment recommendations to an individual with respect to mental illness or chemical dependency.
(5)  "Mental health facility" means:
(A)  a "mental health facility" as defined by Section 571.003;
(B)  a residential treatment facility, other than a mental health facility, in which persons are treated for emotional problems or disorders in a 24-hour supervised living environment; and
(C)  a day activity and health services facility as defined by Section 103.003, Human Resources Code.
(6)  "Mental health professional" means a:
(A)  "physician" as defined by Section 571.003;
(B)  "licensed professional counselor" as defined by Section 503.002, Occupations Code;
(C)  "chemical dependency counselor" as defined by Section 504.001, Occupations Code;
(D)  "psychologist" offering "psychological services" as defined by Section 501.003, Occupations Code;
(E)  "registered nurse" licensed under Chapter 301, Occupations Code;
(F)  "vocational nurse" licensed under Chapter 301, Occupations Code;
(G)  "licensed marriage and family therapist" as defined by Section 502.002, Occupations Code;  and
(H)  "social worker" as defined by Section 505.002, Occupations Code.
(7)  "Mental health services" has the meaning assigned by Section 531.002.
(8)  "Mental illness" has the meaning assigned by Section 571.003.
(9)  "Referral source" means a person who is in a position to refer or who refers a person to a treatment facility. "Referral source" does not include a physician, an insurer, a health maintenance organization (HMO), a preferred provider arrangement (PPA), or other third party payor or discount provider organization (DPO) where the insurer, HMO, PPA, third party payor, or DPO pays in whole or in part for the treatment of mental illness or chemical dependency.
(10)  "Treatment facility" means a chemical dependency facility and a mental health facility.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 705, Sec. 2.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.784, eff. Sept. 1, 2001;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 553, Sec. 2.010, eff. Feb. 1, 2004.
Amended by: 
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0493, eff. April 2, 2015.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1231 (S.B. 1999), Sec. 3, eff. June 19, 2015.