Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 142.0011 — SCOPE, PURPOSE, AND IMPLEMENTATION

HS § 142.0011Title 2. HEALTH · Part G. LICENSES AND OTHER REGULATION · Ch. 142. HOME AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES · Art. A. HOME AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES LICENSE

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(a)The purpose of this chapter is to ensure that home and community support services agencies in this state deliver the highest possible quality of care. This chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter establish minimum standards for acceptable quality of care, and a violation of a minimum standard established or adopted under this chapter is a violation of law. For purposes of this chapter, components of quality of care include:

(1)client independence and self-determination;

(2)humane treatment;

(3)continuity of care;

(4)coordination of services;

(5)professionalism of service providers;

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Legislative history

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0396, eff. April 2, 2015. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 826 (H.B. 4001), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2015.