{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-242.181","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 242.181","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this subchapter:\n(1) \"Person with a disability\" means a person whose physical or mental functioning is impaired to the extent that the person needs medical attention, counseling, physical therapy, therapeutic or corrective equipment, or another person's attendance and supervision.\n(2) \"Plan of care\" means a written description of the medical care or the supervision and nonmedical care needed by a person during respite care.\n(3) \"Respite care\" means the provision by an institution to a person, for not more than two weeks for each stay in the institution, of:\n(A) room and board; and\n(B) care at the level ordinarily provided for permanent residents.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0632, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 4. HEALTH FACILITIES","SUBTITLE B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES","CHAPTER 242. CONVALESCENT AND NURSING FACILITIES AND RELATED INSTITUTIONS","SUBCHAPTER G. RESPITE CARE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.242.htm#242.181","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"5a7588006070a182cf1ab89f2dd7a93a648a3731ca9e3a245aab3bd017a6a11b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-242.159","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-242.182"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}