Amend SB 367 on third reading by adding the following
appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering
subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
      SECTION ____. Subchapter B, Chapter 533, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 533.048 to read as follows:
      Sec. 533.048.  GUARDIANSHIP ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a)  In this
section, "institution" means:
            (1)  an ICF-MR; or
            (2)  a state hospital, state school, or state center
maintained and managed by the department.
      (b)  The commissioner shall appoint a guardianship advisory
committee composed of nine members, five of whom must be parents of
residents of institutions.
      (c)  The commissioner shall designate a member of the
advisory committee to serve as presiding officer.  The members of
the advisory committee shall elect any other necessary officers.
      (d)  The advisory committee shall meet at the call of the
presiding officer.
      (e)  A member of the advisory committee serves at the will of
the commissioner.
      (f)  A member of the advisory committee may not receive
compensation for serving on the advisory committee but is entitled
to reimbursement for travel expenses incurred by the member while
conducting the business of the advisory committee as provided by
the General Appropriations Act.
      (g)  The advisory committee shall develop a plan and make
specific recommendations to the department regarding methods to
facilitate the appointment of relatives of residents of
institutions as guardians of those residents to make decisions
regarding appropriate care settings for the residents.