Sec. 411.386. NOTIFICATION TO DEPARTMENT OF MISSING SENIOR CITIZEN. (a) A local law enforcement agency may notify the department if the agency:
(1) receives notice of a missing senior citizen;
(2) verifies that at the time the senior citizen is reported missing:
(A) the person reported missing is 65 years of age or older;
(B) the senior citizen's location is unknown; and
(C) the senior citizen has an impaired mental condition; and
(3) determines that the senior citizen's disappearance poses a credible threat to the senior citizen's health and safety.
(b) The local law enforcement agency shall:
(1) require the family or legal guardian of the missing senior citizen to provide documentation of the senior citizen's impaired mental condition to verify the condition as required by Subsection (a)(2)(C); and
(2) as soon as practicable, determine whether the senior citizen's disappearance poses a credible threat to the senior citizen's health and safety for purposes of Subsection (a)(3).
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 69 (S.B. 1315), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 219 (H.B. 834), Sec. 1, eff. May 29, 2015.
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