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1		-	By: Rose, Guillen (Senate Sponsor - West) H.B. No. 3092
2		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2015;
3		-	May 15, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
4		-	and Human Services; May 22, 2015, reported favorably by the
5		-	following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 22, 2015, sent to printer.)
6		-	Click here to see the committee vote
	1	+	H.B. No. 3092
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9		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
10	4		AN ACT
11	5		relating to the establishment of a pilot program to provide
12	6		protective services to certain persons determined to be at risk of
13	7		future harm from abuse, neglect, or exploitation.
14	8		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
15	9		SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 48, Human Resources Code,
16	10		is amended by adding Section 48.212 to read as follows:
17	11		Sec. 48.212. PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE PROTECTIVE SERVICES
18	12		TO PERSONS AT RISK OF FUTURE HARM. (a) Notwithstanding any other
19	13		law, including Section 48.002(a)(5), the department shall, using
20	14		existing resources, develop and implement a pilot program that
21	15		evaluates the feasibility and associated benefits of providing
22	16		protective services when an elderly person or person with a
23	17		disability has been determined, using criteria developed under
24	18		Section 48.004, to be at risk of future harm from abuse, neglect, or
25	19		exploitation, but who is not in a state of abuse, neglect, or
26	20		exploitation.
27	21		(b) Section 48.1523 does not apply to reports considered
28	22		under the pilot program developed under this section.
29	23		(c) The department may terminate the pilot program if the
30	24		executive commissioner determines the termination is appropriate.
31	25		The pilot program terminates August 31, 2017, unless the program is
32	26		terminated before that date in accordance with this subsection.
33	27		(d) This section expires September 1, 2019.
34	28		SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2016, the Department of
35	29		Family and Protective Services shall develop and implement the
36	30		pilot program required under Section 48.212, Human Resources Code,
37	31		as added by this Act.
38	32		SECTION 3. (a) Not later than December 15, 2016, the
39	33		Department of Family and Protective Services shall prepare and
40	34		issue a report of preliminary findings from the pilot program
41	35		required under Section 48.212, Human Resources Code, as added by
42	36		this Act, to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the
43	37		standing legislative committees with primary jurisdiction over
44	38		health and human services.
45	39		(b) Not later than December 15, 2017, the Department of
46	40		Family and Protective Services shall submit a final report on the
47	41		pilot program to the persons and entities described under
48	42		Subsection (a) of this section. The report must include:
49	43		(1) an evaluation of the feasibility and benefits of
50	44		the pilot program;
51	45		(2) any additional findings the department determines
52	46		appropriate; and
53	47		(3) recommendations for the continuation,
54	48		elimination, or expansion of the pilot program.
55	49		SECTION 4. If before implementing any provision of this Act
56	50		a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
57	51		federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
58	52		the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
59	53		authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
60	54		waiver or authorization is granted.
61	55		SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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	56	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	57	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	58	+	I certify that H.B. No. 3092 was passed by the House on April
	59	+	30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 132, Nays 7, 1 present, not
	60	+	voting.
	61	+	______________________________
	62	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	63	+	I certify that H.B. No. 3092 was passed by the Senate on May
	64	+	26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 3.
	65	+	______________________________
	66	+	Secretary of the Senate
	67	+	APPROVED: _____________________
	68	+	Date
	69	+	_____________________
	70	+	Governor