By: Miles  S.B. No. 187          (In the Senate - Filed November 14, 2022;   February 15, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on   Health & Human Services; April 17, 2023, reported adversely, with   favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9,   Nays 0; April 17, 2023, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 187 By:  Miles     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to failure to report assault, neglect, or omission of care   in certain group homes; creating a criminal offense.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 38, Penal Code, is amended by adding   Section 38.172 to read as follows:          Sec. 38.172.  FAILURE TO REPORT ASSAULT, NEGLECT, OR   OMISSION OF CARE IN CERTAIN GROUP HOMES. (a)  In this section,   "group home" means an establishment that:                (1)  provides, in one or more buildings, lodging to   three or more residents who are unrelated by blood or marriage to   the owner of the establishment; and                (2)  provides those residents with community meals,   light housework, meal preparation, transportation, grocery   shopping, money management, laundry services, or assistance with   self-administration of medication but does not provide personal   care services as defined by Section 247.002, Health and Safety   Code.          (b)  A person commits an offense if the person:                (1)  has reasonable cause to believe that a resident of   a group home has suffered bodily injury due to assault, neglect, or   an omission in care; and                (2)  fails to report that fact to law enforcement or the   Department of Family and Protective Services.          (c)  It is an exception to the application of this section   that:                (1)  the actor is a person who holds a license issued   under Chapter 142, 242, 246, 247, or 252, Health and Safety Code, or   who is exempt from licensing under Section 142.003(a)(19),   242.003(3), or 247.004(4), Health and Safety Code; or                (2)  the injury occurs in:                      (A)  an establishment or facility exempt from   licensing under Section 142.003(a)(19), 242.003(3), or 247.004(4),   Health and Safety Code;                      (B)  a hotel as defined by Section 156.001, Tax   Code;                      (C)  a retirement community;                      (D)  a monastery or convent;                      (E)  a child-care facility as defined by Section   42.002, Human Resources Code;                      (F)  a family violence shelter center as defined   by Section 51.002, Human Resources Code; or                      (G)  a sorority or fraternity house or other   dormitory associated with an institution of higher education.          (d)  An offense under this section is a state jail felony.          (e)  If conduct constituting an offense under this section   also constitutes an offense under any other law, the actor may be   prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.     * * * * *