By: Menéndez S.B. No. 2037     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the definition of exploitation for purposes of   investigating reports of exploitation against certain elderly   persons and persons with disabilities.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 48.251(b), Human Resources Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (b)  The executive commissioner by rule shall adopt   definitions of "abuse," "neglect," "exploitation," and "an   individual receiving services" for purposes of this subchapter and   investigations conducted under this subchapter. The definition of   "exploitation" adopted by the executive commissioner under this   subsection may not exclude from the definition as an act of   exploitation the provision of a monetary or property loan made to a   provider by an individual receiving services from that provider.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.