Section 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.Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 35.001
Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1,Sec. 4.171, eff. 4/2/2015.Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1208, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1989.