{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-101a.255","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Human Resources Code § 101A.255","heading":"OMBUDSMEN.","body":"(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.\n(b) The office shall provide training to ombudsmen as required by this subchapter and federal law.\n(c) The office shall coordinate ombudsman services with the protection and advocacy systems that exist for persons with developmental disabilities or mental illness.\n(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.\nAdded by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 4.361, eff. April 2, 2015.\nAmended by:\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 900 (H.B. 3564), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.","path":["HUMAN RESOURCES CODE","TITLE 6. SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY","CHAPTER 101A. STATE SERVICES FOR THE AGING","SUBCHAPTER F. OFFICE OF STATE LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.101A.htm#101A.255","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:18Z","sha256":"37f36a27c31206e8c67ffb77dd7b4ccf0e720f1f0a83640abdca66af06cff0e3","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-101a.254","next":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-101a.256"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}