Bill Text: TX SB182 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to the required report of criminal offenses committed against individuals receiving certain state agency services; creating a criminal offense.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB182 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB182-Engrossed.html

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By: Miles, West S.B. No. 182

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the required report of criminal offenses committed
against individuals receiving certain state agency services;
creating a criminal offense.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 40, Human Resources Code,
is amended by adding Section 40.082 to read as follows:
Sec. 40.082. REPORT OF CRIMINAL CONDUCT; PENALTY. (a) Each
employee of the department or of a department contractor who
becomes aware of conduct constituting a criminal offense engaged in
by another employee of the department or by a department contractor
against a person receiving services from the department or a
department contractor shall report the conduct to the Department of
Public Safety.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person is required to
make a report under Subsection (a) and knowingly fails to make the
report.
(c) An offense under Subsection (b) is a Class A
misdemeanor, except that the offense is a state jail felony if it is
shown on the trial of the offense that the actor intended to hinder
an investigation of or conceal the criminal conduct described by
Subsection (a).
SECTION 2. Chapter 203, Human Resources Code, is amended by
adding Section 203.020 to read as follows:
Sec. 203.020. REPORT OF CRIMINAL CONDUCT; PENALTY. (a)
Each employee of the department or of a department contractor who
becomes aware of conduct constituting a criminal offense engaged in
by another employee of the department or by a department contractor
against a person receiving services from the department or a
department contractor shall report the conduct to the Department of
Public Safety.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person is required to
make a report under Subsection (a) and knowingly fails to make the
report.
(c) An offense under Subsection (b) is a Class A
misdemeanor, except that the offense is a state jail felony if it is
shown on the trial of the offense that the actor intended to hinder
an investigation of or conceal the criminal conduct described by
Subsection (a).
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.