SUBCHAPTER G. RESPITE CARE

Sec. 242.181.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:
(1)  "Person with a disability" means a person whose physical or mental functioning is impaired to the extent that the person needs medical attention, counseling, physical therapy, therapeutic or corrective equipment, or another person's attendance and supervision.
(2)  "Plan of care" means a written description of the medical care or the supervision and nonmedical care needed by a person during respite care.
(3)  "Respite care" means the provision by an institution to a person, for not more than two weeks for each stay in the institution, of:
(A)  room and board;  and
(B)  care at the level ordinarily provided for permanent residents.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by: 
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0632, eff. April 2, 2015.