Section 306.105 - DefinitionsThe following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) Applicant--An entity applying or reapplying for certification as a Texas Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (T-CCBHC).(2) Application--A Texas Health and Human Services Commission form submitted by an applicant for T-CCBHC certification and recertification.(3) Community needs assessment--A systematic approach to identifying community needs and determining program capacity to address the needs of the population being served. The needs assessment is objective and includes input from people receiving services, program staff, and other key community stakeholders.(4) Crisis stabilization--Services to address a mental health or substance use crisis, including suicide crisis response and services capable of addressing crises related to substance use.(5) Family-centered--Developmentally appropriate and youth guided care that recognizes active participation between families and caregivers and professionals as a cornerstone to the planning, delivery, and evaluation of services.(6) Governmental entity--A state agency or a political subdivision of the state, such as a city, county, hospital district, hospital authority, or state entity.(7) HHSC--The Texas Health and Human Services Commission or its designee.(8) LBHA--Local behavioral health authority. An entity designated as the local behavioral health authority by HHSC in accordance with Health and Safety Code, § 533.0356(a).(9) LMHA--Local mental health authority. An entity designated as the local mental health authority by HHSC in accordance with Health and Safety Code, § 533.035(a).(10) Person--An individual receiving services under this subchapter.(11) Person-centered--Care that is strengths-based, trauma informed, and focuses on individual capacities, preferences, and goals that gives the person the opportunity to optimize their self-defined quality of life, choice, control, and self-determination through meaningful exploration and discovery of unique preferences, needs, and wants while ensuring medical and non-medical needs are met via means that are exclusively for the benefit of the person and supports them to reach their full potential.(12) T-CCBHC--Texas Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic. An entity certified in accordance with this subchapter.26 Tex. Admin. Code § 306.105
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 47, Number 38, September 23, 2022, TexReg 6198, eff. 9/29/2022