Terms Used In Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code 89.001

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.

In this chapter:
(1) “Device” means braces, artificial appliances, durable medical equipment, and other medical supplies. The term does not include a medical device that is injected, implanted, or otherwise placed in the human body.
(2) “Donate” means to give without requiring anything of monetary value from the recipient.
(3) “Nonprofit health care organization” means:
(A) an organization that is exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. § 501) by being listed as an exempt organization in Section 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) of that code and that is organized and operated for the purpose of providing free or reduced cost health care; or
(B) a bona fide charitable organization that is organized and operated for the purpose of providing free or reduced cost health care, that dedicates its assets to charitable purposes, and that does not provide net earnings to, or operate in a manner that inures to the benefit of, an officer, employee, or shareholder of the organization.