88R7762 JG-D
 
  By: Campos H.B. No. 2243
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the provision of assistance to 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)  The department shall provide to an elderly person at the
  elderly person's request assistance in obtaining a temporary ex
  parte order under Section 83.006, Family Code, 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.
         (c)  The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to
  implement this section.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.