Bill Text: TX SB2078 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to senior justice assessment centers in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-21 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB2078 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB2078-Introduced.html
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| By: Menéndez | S.B. No. 2078 | |
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| relating to senior justice assessment centers in certain counties. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Title 6, Human Resources Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Chapter 106 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 106. SENIOR JUSTICE ASSESSMENT CENTERS | ||
| Sec. 106.001. ESTABLISHMENT OF SENIOR JUSTICE ASSESSMENT | ||
| CENTERS. A county with a population of one million or more shall | ||
| establish a senior justice assessment center. | ||
| Sec. 106.002. DUTIES. (a) A senior justice assessment | ||
| center shall provide services to seniors to ensure the dignity of | ||
| seniors through increased public awareness, educational outreach, | ||
| and promotion of justice regarding elder abuse. | ||
| (b) A senior justice assessment center shall: | ||
| (1) provide services to assist in the investigation of | ||
| elder abuse through a multidisciplinary team composed of | ||
| representatives of the following in the county: | ||
| (A) the sheriff and each municipal law | ||
| enforcement agency with jurisdiction to investigate elder abuse; | ||
| (B) the adult protective services agency; | ||
| (C) each attorney representing the state with | ||
| jurisdiction to prosecute elder abuse cases; | ||
| (D) the area agency on aging; and | ||
| (E) public health care institutions, including | ||
| postsecondary institutions providing health care services in the | ||
| area; and | ||
| (2) establish processes and procedures to: | ||
| (A) determine whether elder abuse has been | ||
| committed or whether other forms of neglect or exploitation of a | ||
| senior have occurred; | ||
| (B) evaluate the senior's mental capacity and | ||
| ensure the senior's physical safety; and | ||
| (C) make appropriate referrals to ensure the | ||
| provision of comprehensive care and the promotion of justice for | ||
| the senior based on the senior's individual needs. | ||
| (c) In providing services to seniors, a senior justice | ||
| assessment center shall collaborate with experts in: | ||
| (1) geriatric medicine; | ||
| (2) social services; | ||
| (3) protective services; | ||
| (4) law enforcement; | ||
| (5) civil enforcement; and | ||
| (6) criminal prosecution. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
