26 Tex. Admin. Code § 301.255 - Definitions
The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Critical
infrastructure--The resources necessary to ensure services are available
without significant disruption to the individuals served by the LMHA and to
allow the LMHA to fulfill its obligations under the performance contract.
(2) Department--The Texas
Department of State Health Services.
(3) Discrete services--Individual services
provided as part of a defined level of care.
(4) External provider--An organization that
provides mental health services that is not an LMHA, or an individual who
provides mental health services who is not an employee of an LMHA.
(5) Individual--An individual seeking or
receiving mental health services through an LMHA, or the individual's legally
authorized representative.
(6)
Legally authorized representative (LAR)--A person authorized by law to act on
behalf of an individual with regard to a matter described in this subchapter,
including, but not limited to, a parent, guardian, or managing conservator.
(7) Licensed psychiatric
hospital--A hospital that is:
(A) A private
psychiatric hospital licensed under Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 577,
and Chapter 134 of Title 25 (relating to Private Psychiatric Hospitals and
Crisis Stabilization Units) rules; or
(B) an identifiable inpatient mental health
services unit in a hospital licensed under Health and Safety Code, Chapter 241,
and Chapter 133 of Title 25 (relating to Hospital Licensing) rules.
(8) LOC or level of care--A
designation given to the department's standardized packages of mental health
services which specify the amount, and duration of mental health services to be
provided to an individual, based on the uniform assessment and utilization
management guidelines referenced in §
306.333 of this title (relating to
Guidelines).
(9) Local Authority
Network Advisory Committee (LANAC)--The committee established under Health and
Safety Code, §
533.0351 to
advise the department on technical and administrative issues that directly
affect LMHA responsibilities. The committee has equal numbers of
representatives from eight stakeholder groups.
(10) Local mental health authority (LMHA)--An
entity designated as a local mental health authority according to the Health
and Safety Code, §
533.035(a).
(11) Local service area--A
geographic area composed of one or more Texas counties defining the population
that may receive mental health services through an LMHA.
(12) Network development--The addition of new
provider organizations, services, or capacity to an LMHA's external provider
network.
(13) Performance
contract--The contract between the department and an LMHA that is in effect at
the time of an action required under this subchapter.
(14) Planning and Network Advisory Committee
(PNAC)--The advisory committee of local stakeholders established by an LMHA as
required by the performance contract.
(15) Provider or service provider--An
organization or person who delivers mental health services.
(16) Qualified provider--A provider that is:
(A) a practitioner with the minimum
qualifications required by the performance contract; or
(B) an organization that demonstrates the
ability to provide services described in the performance contract, as specified
in the department's approved procurement template.
(17) Routine outpatient services--Services
available in a level of care, excluding inpatient, residential and most crisis
services. Routine outpatient services include office-based crisis intervention
provided as part of rehabilitation services during normal business hours but
exclude all other crisis services.
(18) Service capacity--The estimated number
of individuals that can be served in each level of care with available
resources.
(19) Specialized
services--Services that are not generally provided by the individual's
treatment team, including stand-alone crisis and residential
services.
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