Section 263.601 - Definitions In this subchapter:
(1) "Extended foster care" means a residential living arrangement in which a young adult voluntarily delegates to the department responsibility for the young adult's placement and care and in which the young adult resides with a foster parent or other residential services provider that is:(A) licensed or approved by the department or verified by a licensed or certified child-placing agency; and(B) paid under a contract with the department.(2) "Guardianship services" means the services provided by the Department of Aging and Disability Services under Subchapter E, Chapter 161, Human Resources Code.(3) "Institution" means a residential facility that is operated, licensed, registered, certified, or verified by a state agency other than the department. The term includes a residential service provider under a Medicaid waiver program authorized under Section 1915(c) of the federal Social Security Act that provides services at a residence other than the young adult's own home.(3-a) "Trial independence" means the status assigned to a young adult under Section 263.6015.(4) "Young adult" means a person who was in the conservatorship of the department on the day before the person's 18th birthday.Amended by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 456,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2013.Amended By Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 11.01, eff. 9/28/2011.Amended By Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 4, Sec. 63.01, eff. 9/28/2011.Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 96, Sec. 1, eff. 5/23/2009. See Acts 2013, 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 456, Sec. 6.