Sec. 461A.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:

(1) "Chemical dependency" means:

(A) abuse of alcohol or a controlled substance;

(B) psychological or physical dependence on alcohol or a controlled substance; or

(C) addiction to alcohol or a controlled substance.

(2) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission.

(3) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of state health services.

(4) "Controlled substance" means a:

(A) toxic inhalant; or

(B) substance designated as a controlled substance by Chapter 481.

(5) "Department" means the Department of State Health Services.

(6) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.

(7) "Intervention" means the interruption of the onset or progression of chemical dependency in the early stages.

(8) "Prevention" means the reduction of a person's risk of abusing alcohol or a controlled substance or becoming chemically dependent.

(9) "Rehabilitation" means the reestablishment of the social and vocational life of a person after treatment.

(10) "Toxic inhalant" means a gaseous substance that is inhaled by a person to produce a desired physical or psychological effect and that may cause personal injury or illness to the person.

(11) "Treatment" means the initiation and promotion, in a planned, structured, and organized manner, of a person's chemical-free status or the maintenance of a person free of illegal drugs.

(12) "Treatment facility" means a public or private hospital, a detoxification facility, a primary care facility, an intensive care facility, a long-term care facility, an outpatient care facility, a community mental health center, a health maintenance organization, a recovery center, a halfway house, an ambulatory care facility, another facility that is required to be licensed and approved by the department under Chapter 464, or a facility licensed or operated under Title 7 that provides treatment services. The term does not include an educational program for intoxicated drivers or the individual office of a private, licensed health care practitioner who personally renders private individual or group services within the scope of the practitioner's license and in the practitioner's office.

Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1158, eff. April 2, 2015.