Sec. 48.212. PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE PROTECTIVE SERVICES TO PERSONS AT RISK OF FUTURE HARM. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, including Section 48.002(a)(5), the department shall, using existing resources, develop and implement a pilot program that evaluates the feasibility and associated benefits of providing protective services when an elderly person or person with a disability has been determined, using criteria developed under Section 48.004, to be at risk of future harm from abuse, neglect, or exploitation, but who is not in a state of abuse, neglect, or exploitation.
(b) Section 48.1523 does not apply to reports considered under the pilot program developed under this section.
(c) The department may terminate the pilot program if the executive commissioner determines the termination is appropriate. The pilot program terminates August 31, 2017, unless the program is terminated before that date in accordance with this subsection.
(d) This section expires September 1, 2019.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 804 (H.B. 3092), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.
SUBCHAPTER F. INVESTIGATIONS OF ABUSE, NEGLECT, OR EXPLOITATION OF INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING SERVICES FROM CERTAIN PROVIDERS
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