Bill Text: TX HB3424 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled

Texas House Bill 3424 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to a study and report on the establishment of a central database containing information about certain individuals under guardianship.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB3424 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB3424-Enrolled.html



	H.B. No. 3424




	AN ACT
	relating to a study and report on the establishment of a central
	database containing information about certain individuals under
	guardianship.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. (a) In this section, "incapacitated person"
	means an adult who:
	(1) because of a physical or mental condition, is
	substantially unable to:
	(A) provide food, clothing, or shelter for
	himself or herself;
	(B) care for the person's own physical health; or
	(C) manage the person's own financial affairs;
	and
	(2) has a guardian appointed under Title 3, Estates
	Code.
	(b) The Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial
	System shall conduct a study on:
	(1) the feasibility of developing, implementing, and
	maintaining a computerized central database that contains:
	(A) the names of incapacitated persons; and
	(B) for each incapacitated person, the name of
	the guardian appointed for that person and contact information for
	the guardian; and
	(2) best practices for protecting the privacy of
	incapacitated persons and the confidentiality of information
	included in the database.
	(c) Not later than December 1, 2016, the director of the
	office of court administration shall provide a report on the
	results of the study to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the
	speaker of the house of representatives, and the appropriate
	standing committees of the senate and the house of representatives.
	(d) This section expires September 1, 2017.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.


	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 3424 was passed by the House on May
	12, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 4, 2 present, not
	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
	No. 3424 on May 29, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 2,
	2 present, not voting.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House

	I certify that H.B. No. 3424 was passed by the Senate, with
	amendments, on May 27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays
	1.

	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date

	__________________
	Governor