Definitions

 

  • 46B: A person deemed incompetent to stand trial, as per Texas Code of Criminal Procedures

  • ACT: Assertive Community Treatment

  • ADC: Average Daily Census

  • ALOS: Average Length of Stay

  • AOT: Assisted Outpatient Treatment

  • ASH: Austin State Hospital

  • BHSP: Behavioral Health Strategic Plan – a 5-year plan to address gaps in the mental health system

  • Brain Health: Commonly referred to as mental health and refers to the ability to remember, learn, play, concentrate and maintain a clear, active mind without disturbances beyond the control of the person.

  • CAPS: Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Services

  • CIT: Crisis Intervention Team

  • CMS: Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services

  • Competency Restoration: A legal educational process to ensure an individual understands the charges levied against them and can participate in their own defense

  • Continuum of Care: Additional supports outside of an acute care hospital that allow for continued recovery, treatment, and support

  • CPB: Community Psychiatric Bed

  • CY: Calendar Year

  • DBT: Dialectic Behavioral Therapy

  • Dell Med/DMS: Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin

  • DSHS: Department of State Health Services

  • DSRIP: Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment

  • EBD: Emotional and behavioral disorders

  • Esprit de Corps: Morale

  • FACT: Forensic Assertive Community Treatment

  • FFT: Functional Family therapy

  • FQHC: Federally Qualified Health Center

  • Functional Bed Capacity: Optimizing the use of the hospital for what it is designed, namely acute care, by moving non-acute care to more appropriate settings

  • FY: Fiscal year - September 1 - August 31

  • HB: House Bill

  • HCBS-AMH: Home and Community-Based Services Adult Mental Health is a waiver that provides home and community services for adults with serious mental illness and aims to assist people with maintaining their recovery in their community

  • HHSC: Health and Human Service Commission

  • IDD: Intellectual and Developmental Delays

  • IDDT: Integrated Dual Disorders Treatment

  • IICAPS: Intensive In-Home Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Services

  • IOP: Intensive Outpatient

  • IP: Inpatient

  • IPS: Individual Placement and Support

  • IST: Incompetent to stand trial

  • JCAFS: Joint Committee on Access and Forensic Services

  • JCMH: Texas Judicial Commission on Mental Health

  • KEEP: Keeping Parents Supported and Training

  • LMHA: Local Mental Health Authority

  • MCOT: Mobile Crisis Outreach Team

  • MDFT: Multisystem Family Therapy

  • MMHPI: Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute

  • MST: Multisystem Therapy

  • MSU: Maximum Security Unit

  • N.B.: Nota bene, meaning “note well.” Used to emphasize an important point.

  • Page/: Architect Subcontractor

  • PESC: Psychiatric Emergency Service Center

  • PNA: Psychiatric Nurse Assistant

  • RFI: Request for Information

  • RTC: Residential Treatment Centers

  • SASH: San Antonio State Hospital

  • SB: Senate Bill

  • SMI: Serious Mental Illness

  • SNF: Skilled Nursing Facility

  • SUD: Substance Use Disorder

  • TCCO: Construction Manager at Risk subcontractor

  • Telehealth: Electronic communication system utilized for physical and mental health evaluations

  • TJJD: Texas Juvenile Justice Department

  • Waitlist: The amount of time a patient has to wait for admission to the Austin State Hospital

  • YES: Youth Empowerment Services