Aging and Disability Services Council Sharon Swift Butterworth ...

(G) a residential facility operated by the Texas Youth Commission, a jail, or prison; or
(H) a setting in which two or more dwellings, including units in a duplex or apartment
complex, single family homes, or facilities listed in subparagraphs (A)-(G) of this paragraph, but
excluding supportive housing under Section 811 of the National Affordable Housing Act of
1990, meet all of the following criteria:
(i) the dwellings create a residential area distinguishable from other areas primarily occupied
by persons who do not require routine support services because of a disability;
(ii) most of the residents of the dwellings are persons with mental retardation, a related
condition, or a physical disability; and
(iii) the residents of the dwellings are provided routine support services through personnel,
equipment, or service facilities shared with the residents of the other dwellings.
(50) Physical therapy--The provision of physical therapy as defined in Texas Occupations
Code, Chapter 453.
(51) Physician--A person who is licensed as a physician by the Texas State Board of Medical
Examiners in accordance with Chapter 155 of the Texas Occupations Code or is licensed as
physician or osteopath in accordance with the laws of Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arkansas, or
Louisiana.
(52) Prevocational services--Services that are not job-task oriented and are provided to an
individual who the service planning team does not expect to be employed (without receiving
supported employment) within one year after prevocational services are to begin, to prepare the
individual for employment. Prevocational services consist of:
(A) assessment of vocational skills an individual needs to develop or improve upon;
(B) individual and group instruction regarding barriers to employment;
(C) training in skills:
(i) that are not job-task oriented;
(ii) that are related to goals identified in the individual's habilitation plan;
(iii) that are essential to obtaining and retaining employment, such as the effective use of
community resources, transportation, and mobility training; and
(iv) for which an individual is not compensated more than 50 percent of the federal minimum
wage or industry standard, whichever is greater;
(D) training in the use of adaptive equipment necessary to obtain and retain employment;
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