88R7762 JG-D     By: Campos H.B. No. 2243       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the provision of assistance to elderly persons in   obtaining certain protective orders.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 48, Human Resources Code,   is amended by adding Section 48.008 to read as follows:          Sec. 48.008.  PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE IN OBTAINING CERTAIN   ORDERS. (a) In this section, "family violence" has the meaning   assigned by Section 71.004, Family Code.          (b)  The department shall provide to an elderly person at the   elderly person's request assistance in obtaining a temporary ex   parte order under Section 83.006, Family Code, to exclude from the   elderly person's residence an individual who has committed an act   of physical or verbal abuse against the elderly person that is   alleged to constitute family violence.          (c)  The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to   implement this section.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.