88R23090 MCF-F
 
  By: Oliverson H.B. No. 2660
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2660:
 
  By:  Harless C.S.H.B. No. 2660
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the duties of a law enforcement agency regarding
  missing children and missing persons.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  This Act may be cited as Tim's Law.
         SECTION 2.  Article 63.009(a), Code of Criminal Procedure,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A law enforcement agency, on receiving a report of a
  missing child or missing person, shall:
               (1)  if the subject of the report is a child and the
  child is at a high risk of harm or is otherwise in danger or if the
  subject of the report is a person who is known by the agency to have
  or is reported to have chronic dementia, including Alzheimer's
  dementia, whether caused by illness, brain defect, or brain injury,
  immediately start an investigation in order to determine the
  present location of the child or person;
               (2)  if the subject of the report is a child or person
  other than a child or person described by Subdivision (1), start an
  investigation with due diligence in order to determine the present
  location of the child or person;
               (3)  immediately, but not later than two hours after
  receiving the report, enter the name of the child or person into the
  clearinghouse and the national crime information center missing
  person file if the child or person meets the center's criteria, and
  report that name to the Alzheimer's Association Safe Return
  emergency response center if applicable, with all available
  identifying features such as dental records, fingerprints, other
  physical characteristics, and a description of the clothing worn
  when last seen, and all available information describing any person
  reasonably believed to have taken or retained the missing child or
  missing person;
               (4)  not later than 48 hours after receiving the
  report, electronically submit to each municipal or county law
  enforcement agency within 200 miles the report and any information
  that may help determine the present location of the child or person;
               (5)  not later than the 60th day after the date the
  agency receives the report, enter the name of the child or person
  into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, with all
  available identifying features such as dental records,
  fingerprints, other physical characteristics, and a description of
  the clothing worn when last seen, and all available information
  describing any person reasonably believed to have taken or retained
  the missing child or missing person; and
               (6)  [(5)] inform the person who filed the report of
  the missing child or missing person that the information will be:
                     (A)  entered into the clearinghouse, the national
  crime information center missing person file, and the National
  Missing and Unidentified Persons System; [and]
                     (B)  reported to the Alzheimer's Association Safe
  Return emergency response center if applicable; and
                     (C)  submitted to each municipal or county law
  enforcement agency within 200 miles.
         SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a report of a missing child or missing person that is made to a
  law enforcement agency on or after the effective date of this Act. A
  report of a missing child or missing person that is made to a law
  enforcement agency before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect on the date the report was made, and
  the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.