Amend CSSB 1410 (committee printing) to read as follows:                     
	(1)  In SECTION 1 of the bill (page 1, line 15), strike 
"Subsection (g)" and substitute "Subsections (g) and (h)".
	(2)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, immediately following proposed 
Subsection (g), Section 48.209, Human Resources Code (page 1, 
between lines 39 and 40), insert the following:
	(h)  Notwithstanding Subsection (g), a court, after serious 
consideration and review, may appoint the department as a guardian 
under Section 682 or 875, Texas Probate Code, as a last resort only 
if:
		(1)  the proposed ward is an individual described by 
Subsection (a) or (b); and
		(2)  there is no individual willing and able to serve as 
the proposed ward's guardian.
	(3)  In SECTION 3 of the bill (page 1, lines 51-52), strike 
"Subsection (j), Section 875, Texas Probate Code, is amended" and 
substitute "Section 875, Texas Probate Code, is amended by amending 
Subsection (j) and adding Subsection (l)".
	(4)  In SECTION 3 of the bill, immediately following amended 
Subsection (j), Section 875, Texas Probate Code (page 2, between 
lines 1 and 2), insert the following:
	(l)  Notwithstanding Subsection (j) of this section, a 
court, after serious consideration and review, may appoint the 
department as a guardian under this section as a last resort only 
if:
		(1)  the proposed ward is an individual described by 
Section 48.209(a) or (b), Human Resources Code; and
		(2)  there is no individual willing and able to serve as 
the proposed ward's guardian.