76R12165 JRD-F By Maxey H.B. No. 1888 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1888: By Alvarado C.S.H.B. No. 1888 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to clarifying the judicial immunity applicable to a person 1-3 who is appointed by a court to serve as trustee of a convalescent 1-4 or nursing home, an intermediate care facility for the mentally 1-5 retarded, or a personal care facility. 1-6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-7 SECTION 1. Section 242.094, Health and Safety Code, is 1-8 amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: 1-9 (f) A trustee appointed under this section has judicial 1-10 immunity for all acts performed or not performed within the scope 1-11 of the authority either given to the trustee by the appointing 1-12 court or approved by the appointing court. 1-13 SECTION 2. Section 252.093, Health and Safety Code, is 1-14 amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: 1-15 (f) A trustee appointed under this section has judicial 1-16 immunity for all acts performed or not performed within the scope 1-17 of the authority either given to the trustee by the appointing 1-18 court or approved by the appointing court. 1-19 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-20 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-21 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-22 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-23 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-24 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-1 passage, and it is so enacted.