Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 36.003 — DEFINITIONS

HS § 36.003Title 2. HEALTH · Part B. HEALTH PROGRAMS · Ch. 36. SPECIAL SENSES AND COMMUNICATION DISORDERS

Statute text

In this chapter:

(1)"Communication disorder" means an abnormality of functioning related to the ability to express and receive ideas. (1-a) "Electronic eye chart" means any computerized or other electronic system, device, or method of displaying on an electronic screen medically accepted and properly sized optotypes, which may be letters, numbers, or symbols, a health care practitioner or other person uses to assess an individual's visual acuity. The term does not include an automated computer program that assesses an individual's visual acuity through the individual's interaction with the program by playing a game.

(2)"Other benefit" means a benefit, other than a benefit under this chapter, to which an individual is entitled for payment of the costs of remedial services, and includes:

(A)benefits received under a personal insurance contract;

(B)payments received from another person for personal injury caused by the other person's negligence or wrongdoing; and

(C)payments received from any other source.

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Legislative history

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 313 (H.B. 1297), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.