TITLE: Relating to the provision of assistance to certain elderly persons in obtaining certain protective orders.

SUMMARY: Relating to the provision of assistance to certain elderly persons in obtaining certain protective orders.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the provision of assistance to certain 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) At the request of an elderly person and 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, the department shall provide assistance to the elderly person in obtaining a temporary ex parte order under Section 83.006, Family Code, to exclude the individual from the elderly person's residence. (c) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this section. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.