§ 462.001 — DEFINITIONS.

Texas § 462.001

• Jurisdiction: Texas
• Code HS: Health and Safety Code

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Sec. 462.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Applicant" means a person who files an application for emergency detention, protective custody, or commitment of a person with a chemical dependency.
(2) "Certificate" means a sworn certificate of medical examination for chemical dependency executed under this chapter.
(3) "Chemical dependency" means:
(A) the abuse of alcohol or a controlled substance;
(B) psychological or physical dependence on alcohol or a controlled substance; or
(C) addiction to alcohol or a controlled substance.
(4) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services Commission.
(5) "Controlled substance" means a:
(A) toxic inhalant; or
(B) substance designated as a controlled substance by Chapter 481 (Texas Controlled Substances Act).
(5-a) "Department" means the Department of State Health Services.
(5-b) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.
(6) "Legal holiday" means a state holiday listed in Section 662.021 , Government Code, or an officially declared county holiday applicable to a court in which proceedings under this chapter are held.
(7) "Proposed patient" means a person named in an application for emergency detention, protective custody, or commitment under this chapter.
(8) "Toxic inhalant" means a gaseous substance that is inhaled by a person to produce a desired physical or psychological effect and that may cause personal injury or illness to the inhaler.
(9) "Treatment" means the initiation and promotion of a person's chemical-free status or the maintenance of a person free of illegal drugs.
(10) "Treatment facility" means a public or private hospital, a detoxification facility, a primary care facility, an intensive care facility, a long-term care facility, an outpatient care facility, a community mental health center, a health maintenance organization, a recovery center, a halfway house, an ambulatory care facility, another facility that is required to be licensed by the department under Chapter 464 , a facility licensed by the department under Title 7, or a facility operated by the department under Title 7 that has been designated by the department to provide chemical dependency treatment. The term does not include an educational program for intoxicated drivers or the individual office of a private, licensed health care practitioner who personally renders private individual or group services within the scope of the practitioner's license and in the practitioner's office.

Legislative History

Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 175, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 671, Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 1993; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(15), eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219 ), Sec. 3.1160, eff. April 2, 2015. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219 ), Sec. 3.1639(88), eff. April 2, 2015. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 716 (H.B. 171 ), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.