87R10855 JG-D     By: Campos H.B. No. 4134       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the provision of assistance to certain 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)  At the request of an elderly person and 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, the department shall provide   assistance to the elderly person in obtaining a temporary ex parte   order under Section 83.006, Family Code, to exclude the individual   from the elderly person's residence.          (c)  The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to   implement this section.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.