By: Miles, West  S.B. No. 189
         (In the Senate - Filed November 14, 2022; February 15, 2023,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Health & Human
  Services; April 17, 2023, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 17, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the creation of a criminal offense concerning the
  failure of certain persons to report abuse, neglect, or
  exploitation in boarding home facilities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 260, Health and Safety Code, is amended
  by adding Section 260.0091 to read as follows:
         Sec. 260.0091.  REQUIRED REPORT BY LESSOR OF ABUSE, NEGLECT,
  OR EXPLOITATION; CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a)  A person commits an offense
  if the person:
               (1)  owns a building that the person leases to another
  person who operates a boarding home facility in the building;
               (2)  has actual knowledge that a resident of the
  boarding home facility is being or has been abused, neglected, or
  exploited; and
               (3)  fails to report the abuse, neglect, or
  exploitation to the Department of Family and Protective Services
  for investigation by that agency.
         (b)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
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