| 1 | 1 | | 88R9350 SHH-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Menéndez S.B. No. 2480 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to training for peace officers on investigating criminal |
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| 8 | 8 | | offenses involving elderly victims. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 1701.253, Occupations Code, is amended |
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| 11 | 11 | | by adding Subsection (q) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (q) As part of the minimum curriculum requirements, the |
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| 13 | 13 | | commission shall require an officer to complete the training |
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| 14 | 14 | | program established under Section 1701.272. An officer shall |
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| 15 | 15 | | complete the program not later than the last day of the first full |
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| 16 | 16 | | continuing education training period that begins on or after the |
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| 17 | 17 | | date the officer is licensed under this chapter unless the officer |
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| 18 | 18 | | completes the program as part of the officer's basic training |
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| 19 | 19 | | course. |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is |
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| 21 | 21 | | amended by adding Section 1701.272 to read as follows: |
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| 22 | 22 | | Sec. 1701.272. TRAINING PROGRAM ON INVESTIGATING CRIMINAL |
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| 23 | 23 | | OFFENSES INVOLVING ELDERLY VICTIMS. (a) The commission by rule |
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| 24 | 24 | | shall require an officer to complete a one-time training program on |
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| 25 | 25 | | investigating criminal offenses in which the victim or intended |
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| 26 | 26 | | victim was 65 years of age or older at the time of the offense. The |
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| 27 | 27 | | commission shall establish the training program required by this |
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| 28 | 28 | | section. |
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| 29 | 29 | | (b) The training program required by Subsection (a) must |
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| 30 | 30 | | include: |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) procedures for reporting suspected abuse, |
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| 32 | 32 | | neglect, or exploitation of an elderly person to the adult |
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| 33 | 33 | | protective services division of the Department of Family and |
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| 34 | 34 | | Protective Services; and |
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| 35 | 35 | | (2) material on identifying potential decision-making |
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| 36 | 36 | | capacity impairments affecting an elderly victim. |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 3. Section 1701.253(q), Occupations Code, as added |
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| 38 | 38 | | by this Act, applies only to a person who submits an application for |
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| 39 | 39 | | a peace officer license under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, on or |
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| 40 | 40 | | after January 1, 2024. A person who submits an application for a |
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| 41 | 41 | | peace officer license under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, before |
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| 42 | 42 | | January 1, 2024, is governed by the law in effect immediately before |
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| 43 | 43 | | that date, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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| 44 | 44 | | purpose. |
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| 45 | 45 | | SECTION 4. Not later than January 1, 2024, the Texas |
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| 46 | 46 | | Commission on Law Enforcement shall establish the training program |
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| 47 | 47 | | required by Section 1701.272, Occupations Code, as added by this |
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| 48 | 48 | | Act. |
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| 49 | 49 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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