Sec. 56.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:
(1)  "Department" means the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services.
(2)  "Designated provider" means a telecommunications provider designated by the commission to provide services to an uncertificated area under Subchapter F.
(2-a)  "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 651, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by: 
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 532 (S.B. 512), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.