Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 592.020

  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005

A person for whom a determination of an intellectual disability is performed or a person who files an application for a determination of an intellectual disability under § 593.004 and who questions the validity or results of the determination of an intellectual disability has the right to an additional, independent determination of an intellectual disability performed at the person’s own expense.