87R4628 EAS-D     By: Miles S.B. No. 503       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to creating the criminal offense of failing to report   abuse, neglect, or exploitation in boarding home facilities in   certain counties and municipalities.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 260, Health and Safety Code, is amended   by adding Section 260.0091 to read as follows:          Sec. 260.0091.  REPORTING OF ABUSE, NEGLECT, OR EXPLOITATION   IN CERTAIN COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES; CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a)   This section applies only to a county or municipality that does not   require a person to obtain a permit from the county or municipality   to operate a boarding home facility, as authorized by Section   260.004.          (b)  A person commits an offense if the person:                (1)  leases to another a building owned by the person   that is being operated as a boarding home facility in a county or   municipality to which this section applies;                (2)  has actual knowledge that a resident of the   boarding home facility is being or has been abused, neglected, or   exploited; and                (3)  fails to report the abuse, neglect, or   exploitation to the Department of Family and Protective Services   for investigation by that agency.          (c)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.