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      88(4) SCR 8 - Introduced version - Bill Text
      
            88S40832 KSM-F
         
		By:  LaMantia
            S.C.R.  No.  8
         
               CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
            
                          WHEREAS, Texans with disabilities are an underserved 
         
            population in our state; and
         
                          WHEREAS, Due to their specific needs, persons with 
         
            disabilities are sometimes placed in state-supervised 
         
            guardianships to oversee their care; and
         
                          WHEREAS, Currently, guardianships encompass the care of 
         
            persons with disabilities of all ages; the supervision of a person 
         
            who cannot care for him or herself is a high priority of the state; 
         
            recent events have shown the need for review of the state safeguards 
         
            and methodology for ensuring that wards under guardianship are 
         
            being protected from all types of abuse; now, therefore, be it
         
                          RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas, 
         
            4th Called Session, hereby request that the Lieutenant Governor and 
         
            the Speaker of the House of Representatives create a joint interim 
         
            committee to study deficiencies in the State of Texas systems for 
         
            protecting wards under state-supervised guardianships; and, be it 
         
            further
         
                          RESOLVED, That the committee submit a full report, including 
         
            findings and recommendations, to the 89th Texas Legislature in 
         
            January 2025.



	CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
	WHEREAS, Texans with disabilities are an underserved
	population in our state; and
	WHEREAS, Due to their specific needs, persons with
	disabilities are sometimes placed in state-supervised
	guardianships to oversee their care; and
	WHEREAS, Currently, guardianships encompass the care of
	persons with disabilities of all ages; the supervision of a person
	who cannot care for him or herself is a high priority of the state;
	recent events have shown the need for review of the state safeguards
	and methodology for ensuring that wards under guardianship are
	being protected from all types of abuse; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas,
	4th Called Session, hereby request that the Lieutenant Governor and
	the Speaker of the House of Representatives create a joint interim
	committee to study deficiencies in the State of Texas systems for
	protecting wards under state-supervised guardianships; and, be it
	further
	RESOLVED, That the committee submit a full report, including
	findings and recommendations, to the 89th Texas Legislature in
	January 2025.