89R7670 AB-D
By: Campos H.B. No. 2603
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, 2025.