Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 3630 amends the Government Code to expand the guardianship programs to which the Health and Human Services Commission is authorized to make grants to include a local legal guardianship program for the representation of persons appointed guardians of proposed wards who are indigent. The act amends the process of registering private professional guardians to require the county clerk, not later than February 1 of each year, to submit to the commission the names and business addresses of private professional guardians who have satisfied certain certification requirements. The act further requires the county clerk to obtain criminal history record information for each person employed by a private professional guardian who will have contact with a ward, manage a ward's estate, or perform any duties related to the management of a ward's estate.