H.B. No. 3424
AN ACT
relating to a study and report on the establishment of a central
database containing information about certain individuals under
guardianship.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) In this section, "incapacitated person"
means an adult who:
(1) because of a physical or mental condition, is
substantially unable to:
(A) provide food, clothing, or shelter for
himself or herself;
(B) care for the person's own physical health; or
(C) manage the person's own financial affairs;
and
(2) has a guardian appointed under Title 3, Estates
Code.
(b) The Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial
System shall conduct a study on:
(1) the feasibility of developing, implementing, and
maintaining a computerized central database that contains:
(A) the names of incapacitated persons; and
(B) for each incapacitated person, the name of
the guardian appointed for that person and contact information for
the guardian; and
(2) best practices for protecting the privacy of
incapacitated persons and the confidentiality of information
included in the database.
(c) Not later than December 1, 2016, the director of the
office of court administration shall provide a report on the
results of the study to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the
speaker of the house of representatives, and the appropriate
standing committees of the senate and the house of representatives.
(d) This section expires September 1, 2017.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3424 was passed by the House on May
12, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 4, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 3424 on May 29, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 2,
2 present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3424 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays
1.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor