Section 101A.255 - Ombudsmen(a) The office shall recruit volunteers and citizen organizations to participate in the ombudsman program. A paid staff member of an area agency on aging network or a nonprofit social service agency may be an ombudsman. An ombudsman is a representative.(b) The office shall provide training to ombudsmen as required by this subchapter and federal law.(c) The office shall coordinate ombudsman services with the protection and advocacy systems that exist for persons with developmental disabilities or mental illness.(d) The office shall coordinate ombudsman services with state and local law enforcement agencies and courts of competent jurisdiction. The office is not authorized to compel those law enforcement agencies or courts to coordinate ombudsman services or other activities with the office.Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 101A.255
Amended by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 900,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2017.Added by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1,Sec. 4.361, eff. 4/2/2015.