By: Manuel (Senate Sponsor - West) H.B. No. 3748 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2025; May 5, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Health & Human Services; May 26, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 26, 2025, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to reimbursing employees of the Department of Family and Protective Services for loss of or damage to personal property. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 40, Human Resources Code, is amended by adding Section 40.084 to read as follows: Sec. 40.084. REIMBURSEMENT FOR LOST OR DAMAGED PERSONAL PROPERTY. The department, using existing resources, may reimburse a present or former employee of the department for loss of or damage to personal property that occurs in the course and scope of the employee's duties. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. * * * * *