By: Miles, West S.B. No. 182     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the required report of criminal offenses committed   against individuals receiving certain state agency services;   creating a criminal offense.          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 40.082 to read as follows:          Sec. 40.082.  REPORT OF CRIMINAL CONDUCT; PENALTY. (a)  Each   employee of the department or of a department contractor who   becomes aware of conduct constituting a criminal offense engaged in   by another employee of the department or by a department contractor   against a person receiving services from the department or a   department contractor shall report the conduct to the Department of   Public Safety.          (b)  A person commits an offense if the person is required to   make a report under Subsection (a) and knowingly fails to make the   report.          (c)  An offense under Subsection (b) is a Class A   misdemeanor, except that the offense is a state jail felony if it is   shown on the trial of the offense that the actor intended to hinder   an investigation of or conceal the criminal conduct described by   Subsection (a).          SECTION 2.  Chapter 203, Human Resources Code, is amended by   adding Section 203.020 to read as follows:          Sec. 203.020.  REPORT OF CRIMINAL CONDUCT; PENALTY. (a)     Each employee of the department or of a department contractor who   becomes aware of conduct constituting a criminal offense engaged in   by another employee of the department or by a department contractor   against a person receiving services from the department or a   department contractor shall report the conduct to the Department of   Public Safety.          (b)  A person commits an offense if the person is required to   make a report under Subsection (a) and knowingly fails to make the   report.          (c)  An offense under Subsection (b) is a Class A   misdemeanor, except that the offense is a state jail felony if it is   shown on the trial of the offense that the actor intended to hinder   an investigation of or conceal the criminal conduct described by   Subsection (a).          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.