Bill Text: TX HB2243 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the provision of assistance to elderly persons in obtaining certain protective orders.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-04-20 - Referred to Health & Human Services [HB2243 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2243-Engrossed.html
| 88R7762 JG-D | ||
| By: Campos | H.B. No. 2243 | |
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| relating to the provision of assistance to elderly persons in | ||
| obtaining certain protective orders. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 48, Human Resources Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 48.008 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 48.008. PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE IN OBTAINING CERTAIN | ||
| ORDERS. (a) In this section, "family violence" has the meaning | ||
| assigned by Section 71.004, Family Code. | ||
| (b) The department shall provide to an elderly person at the | ||
| elderly person's request assistance in obtaining a temporary ex | ||
| parte order under Section 83.006, Family Code, to exclude from the | ||
| elderly person's residence an individual who has committed an act | ||
| of physical or verbal abuse against the elderly person that is | ||
| alleged to constitute family violence. | ||
| (c) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to | ||
| implement this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
