Bill Text: TX HB4134 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the provision of assistance to certain elderly persons in obtaining certain protective orders.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-29 - Referred to Human Services [HB4134 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB4134-Introduced.html
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| By: Campos | H.B. No. 4134 | |
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| 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. | ||
