Texas Administrative Code
Title 25 - HEALTH SERVICES
Part 1 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
Chapter 83 - PUBLIC HEALTH IMPROVEMENT GRANTS
Subchapter A - PERMANENT FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Section 83.2 - Definitions

Universal Citation: 25 TX Admin Code ยง 83.2

Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024

The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

(1) Closing date--Date specified in the request for proposals as the date on which applications must be received or postmarked.

(2) Commissioner--Commissioner of Health or his or her designee.

(3) Department--Texas Department of Health.

(4) Essential public health services--As defined in the Health and Safety Code, § 121.002, services to:

(A) monitor the health status of individuals in the community to identify community health problems;

(B) diagnose and investigate community health problems and community health hazards;

(C) inform, educate, and empower the community with respect to health issues;

(D) mobilize community partnerships in identifying and solving community health problems;

(E) develop policies and plans that support individual and community efforts to improve health;

(F) enforce laws and rules that protect the public health and ensure safety in accordance with those laws and rules;

(G) link individuals who have a need for community and personal health services to appropriate community and private providers;

(H) ensure a competent workforce for the provision of essential public health services;

(I) research new insights and innovative solutions to community health problems; and

(J) evaluate the effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services in a community.

(5) Minority populations--African-Americans, American Indians, Asians or Hispanics in Texas or other population in Texas for which a health disparity can be demonstrated by the applicant.

(6) Nonprofit organization--A private, nonprofit, tax-exempt corporation, association or organization under Internal Revenue Code of 1986, §501(c)(3) (26 United States Code §501(c)(3)).

(7) Rural area--A county that had a population in the most recent decennial United States census of 150,000 or less, or that part of a county with a population of greater than 150,000 that is not delineated as urbanized by the United States Census Bureau.

(8) Urban area--A county or part of a county that is not a rural area.

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