| |
| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to the provision of assistance to certain elderly persons |
|
|
in obtaining certain protective orders. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 48, Human Resources Code, |
|
|
is amended by adding Section 48.008 to read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 48.008. PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE IN OBTAINING CERTAIN |
|
|
ORDERS. (a) In this section, "family violence" has the meaning |
|
|
assigned by Section 71.004, Family Code. |
|
|
(b) At the request of an elderly person and to exclude from |
|
|
the elderly person's residence an individual who has committed an |
|
|
act of physical or verbal abuse against the elderly person that is |
|
|
alleged to constitute family violence, the department shall provide |
|
|
assistance to the elderly person in obtaining a temporary ex parte |
|
|
order under Section 83.006, Family Code, to exclude the individual |
|
|
from the elderly person's residence. |
|
|
(c) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to |
|
|
implement this section. |
|
|
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |