Section 306.353 - Definitions The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Adverse drug reaction--Any response to a drug that is noxious and unintended and occurs at doses normally used in humans. (2) Contractor--An entity that provides HHSC-funded mental health services pursuant to a contract with a service system component or HHSC. (3) Drug entity--A specific chemical compound and all its pharmaceutically equivalent salt forms that are used in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease. (4) Emergency--A situation in which it is immediately necessary to administer medication to an individual to prevent: (A) imminent probable death or substantial bodily harm to the individual because the individual: (i) overtly or continually is threatening or attempting to commit suicide or serious bodily harm; or (ii) is behaving in a manner that indicates that the individual is unable to satisfy the individual's need for nourishment, essential medical care, or self-protection; or (B) imminent serious physical or emotional harm to others as indicated by threats, attempts, or other acts the individual overtly or continually makes or commits. (5) HHSC--Texas Health and Human Services Commission. (6) HHSC facility--A facility operated by HHSC, including state hospitals and state supported living centers. (7) HHSC Psychiatric Drug Formulary--A listing by nonproprietary name of all drugs approved for use by service system components and their contractors that is updated annually, at a minimum. (8) Individual--Any person receiving services from a service system component or contractor. (9) Interim Formulary Update--An update to the HHSC Psychiatric Drug Formulary, which is incorporated into the HHSC Psychiatric Drug Formulary. (10) Local authority--A local mental health authority designated in accordance with Texas Health and Safety Code, § 533.035(a), a local behavioral health authority designated in accordance with Texas Health and Safety Code, § 533.0356, and a local intellectual and developmental disability authority designated in accordance with Texas Health and Safety Code § 533A.035(a). (11) Mental health services--Any services concerned with the diagnosis, treatment, and care of individuals for a mental illness (known as serious emotional disturbance in reference to children and adolescents), which may be accompanied by a co-occurring diagnosis. (12) PEFC--Psychiatric Executive Formulary Committee. A committee composed of representatives from the state hospitals, state supported living centers, community behavioral health entities, and others as selected by the state hospitals associate commissioner in consultation with the state supported living center associate commissioner, the behavioral health services associate commissioner, and the intellectual and developmental services associate commissioner. The committee is responsible for the formulation of broad professional policies regarding the evaluation, selection, handling, use, administration, and all other matters relating to the use of drugs and devices in an HHSC facility, local authority, and their respective contractors for medications and medication-related services funded by HHSC. (13) Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee--An HHSC facility committee composed of physicians, pharmacists, registered nurses, and others as selected by the facility head, or their designee, that assists in the formulation of broad professional policies regarding the evaluation, selection, distribution, handling, use, administration, and all other matters relating to the use of drugs and devices in the facility. (14) Practitioner--A person who acts within the scope of a professional license to prescribe, distribute, administer, or dispense a prescription drug or device, (e.g. a physician, registered nurse, advanced practice registered nurse, physician assistant, licensed vocational nurse, pharmacist, or dentist). (15) Reserve drug--A formulary drug with specific guidelines for use as described in the HHSC Psychiatric Drug Formulary. (16) Service system component--HHSC, an HHSC facility, and a local authority.26 Tex. Admin. Code § 306.353
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 46, Number 08, February 19, 2021, TexReg 1246, eff. 2/24/2021