{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-121.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 121.001","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Consumer\" means an individual seeking a referral to a senior living community.\n(2) \"Referral agency\" means an entity that provides referrals of senior living communities to consumers for a fee collected from a consumer or community. The term does not include:\n(A) a senior living community or its employees; or\n(B) a resident, resident's family member, or patron of a senior living community who refers a consumer to the community regardless of any discount or other remuneration the community pays to that individual.\n(3) \"Senior living community\" means an adult foster care facility, life care facility, assisted living facility licensed under Chapter 247, Health and Safety Code, retirement home, memory care facility, retirement village, home for the aging, or other facility that provides shelter, food, social activities, or other personal services specifically for elderly individuals.\nAdded by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 497 (S.B. 1383), Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2025.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 5. REGULATION OF BUSINESSES AND SERVICES","SUBTITLE C. BUSINESS OPERATIONS Chapter 121, consisting of Secs. 121.001 to 121.006, was added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 497 (S.B. 1383), Sec. 1. For another Chapter 121, consisting of Secs. 121.001 to 121.102, added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 200 (S.B. 2420), Sec. 1, see Sec. 121.001 et seq., post. For another Chapter 121, consisting of Secs. 121.001 to 121.104, added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 2963), Sec. 1, see Sec. 121.001 et seq., post. For another Chapter 121, consisting of Secs. 121.001 to 121.002, added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1089 (H.B. 3966), Sec. 1, see Sec. 121.001 et seq., post.","CHAPTER 121. REFERRAL AGENCIES FOR SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.121.htm#121.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"73823e5af0c7ceaa7c47d7a8de438e4314ba0f8dc365eee1c3b1a25945ded937","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-120.152","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-121.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}