Tex. Health and Safety Code § 577A.001
DEFINITIONS
Texas · Texas Health and Safety Code · Status: effective
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- Tex. Health and Safety Code § 577A.001, DEFINITIONS, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/674796
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In this chapter:
(1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission.
(2) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the commission.
(3) "Psychiatric residential youth treatment facility" means a private facility that provides psychiatric health treatments and services in a residential, nonhospital setting exclusively to individuals who are 21 years of age or younger and is licensed as a general residential operation under Chapter 42, Human Resources Code. The term includes a facility that provides room and board.
(4) "Severe emotional disturbance" means a mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder of sufficient duration to result in functional impairment that substantially interferes with or limits an individual's role or ability to function in family, school, or community activities.