TO: | Honorable Chris Harris, Chair, Senate Committee on Jurisprudence |
FROM: | John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | SB220 by Nelson (Relating to guardianships, including the assessment of prospective wards for, and the provision of, guardianship services by the Department of Aging and Disability Services.), As Introduced |
The bill would amend sections of Human Resources Code 161, and various sections of the Texas Probate Code.
The sections amended in the Human Resources Code and Texas Probate Code clarify certain record issues for the Department of Aging and Disability Services guardianship program, address the assignment and removal of guardians, the successor guardianship process, reinstatement of guardianships, notification of potential volunteer guardians who are related to the ward, and references abuse, neglect, and exploitation, using adult protective services definitions as a basis for removing a guardian.
The Office of Court Administration indicated there would be no significant fiscal implication to implement provisions of the Act. The Department of Aging and Disability Services and Department of Family and Protective Services indicated there would be no fiscal impact.
Source Agencies: | 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 530 Family and Protective Services, Department of, 539 Aging and Disability Services, Department of
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LBB Staff: | JOB, JT, MB, ML, NB
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