Amend SB 1701 (committee printing) as follows:                               
	(1)  In amended Subsection (d), Section 161.101, Human 
Resources Code (page 1, line 16), strike "Section 695" and 
substitute "Section 695(c)".
	(2)  In added Subsection (f), Section 161.101, Human 
Resources Code (page 1, line 21), strike "agree to".
	(3)  Strike SECTION 2 of the bill (page 1, lines 24 through 
34) and substitute:
	SECTION 2.  Section 695, Texas Probate Code, is amended by 
adding Subsections (c), (d), and (e) to read as follows:
	(c)  The court may appoint the Department of Aging and 
Disability Services as a successor guardian of the person or 
estate, or both, of a ward who has been adjudicated as totally 
incapacitated if:
		(1)  there is no less restrictive alternative to 
continuation of the guardianship;
		(2)  there is no family member or other suitable 
person, including a guardianship program, willing and able to serve 
as the ward's successor guardian;
		(3)  the ward is located more than 100 miles from the 
court that created the guardianship;
		(4)  the ward has private assets or access to 
government benefits to pay for the needs of the ward;
		(5)  the department is served with citation and a 
hearing is held regarding the department's appointment as proposed 
successor guardian; and
		(6)  the appointment of the department does not violate 
a limitation imposed by Subsection (d) of this section.
	(d)  The number of appointments under Subsection (c) of this 
section is subject to an annual limit of 55.  The appointments must 
be distributed equally or as near as equally as possible  among the 
health and human services regions of this state as established 
under Section 531.024, Government Code.  The Department of Aging 
and Disability Services at its discretion may establish a different 
distribution scheme to promote the efficient use and administration 
of resources.
	(e)  If the Department of Aging and Disability Services is 
named as a proposed successor guardian in an application in which 
the department is not the applicant, citation must be issued and 
served on the department as provided by Section 633(c)(5) of this 
code.