By Tillery H.B. No. 1050 74R4950 MWV-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the appointment of a guardian with limited authority 1-3 over a minor. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 25.0025, Government Code, is amended by 1-6 adding Subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows: 1-7 (f) The judge of a statutory probate court, pending the 1-8 results of an investigation under Subsection (c), may appoint a 1-9 guardian for a minor with limited authority to: 1-10 (1) make health care decisions for the minor; 1-11 (2) obtain health care for the minor; or 1-12 (3) obtain health care insurance for the minor, 1-13 including covering the minor under the guardian's health insurance 1-14 policy. 1-15 (g) The term of a guardian appointed under Subsection (f) 1-16 expires on the earlier of: 1-17 (1) the expiration date of the term contained in the 1-18 court order; 1-19 (2) the date the guardianship proceeding for the minor 1-20 is dismissed by the court; 1-21 (3) the date the application for guardianship is 1-22 withdrawn by the applicant; or 1-23 (4) the conclusion of a hearing on the application for 1-24 guardianship of the minor. 2-1 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995, and the 2-2 change in law made by this Act applies only to proceedings for the 2-3 appointment of a guardian instituted or pending on or after the 2-4 effective date of this Act. 2-5 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-6 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-7 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-8 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-9 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.