Sec. 35.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:
(1)  "Assistance" or "support services" means a subsidy granted by the department to provide support to a client.
(2)  "Client" means a person with a disability who lives independently or a family who receives assistance under this chapter.
(3)  "Department" means the Department of Aging and Disability Services.
(4)  "Family" means a group that consists of a person with a disability and that person's parent, legal guardian, spouse, or sibling and may include others.
(5)  "Legal guardian" means a person appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction to exercise powers over a person with a disability.
(6)  "Other support programs" means:
(A)  all forms of local, state, or federal support services other than those established by this chapter;
(B)  contract programs;  or
(C)  support provided by public or private funds for persons with disabilities or their families.
(7)  "Parent" includes only a natural, foster, surrogate, or adoptive parent.
(8)  "Person with a disability" includes a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities or has a record of such an impairment.  This term does not include an individual whose impairment is a communicable disease.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1208, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by: 
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 4.171, eff. April 2, 2015.