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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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GOVERNMENT CODE |
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Title 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH |
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Subtitle I. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES |
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Chapter 531. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION |
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Subchapter D. GUARDIANSHIP ADVISORY BOARD |
Sec. 531.122. ADVISORY BOARD; MEMBERSHIP
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(a) The Guardianship Advisory Board is composed of one representative from each of the health and human services regions, as defined by the commission, three public representatives, and one representative of the Department of Aging and Disability Services. The representatives of the health and human services regions are appointed by a majority vote of the judges of the statutory probate courts in each region. If a health and human services region does not contain a statutory probate court, the representative shall be appointed by a majority vote of the judges of the statutory probate courts in the state. The public representatives are appointed by the executive commissioner and the representative of the Department of Aging and Disability Services is appointed by the commissioner of aging and disability services.
(b) Expired.
(c) To be eligible for an appointment under this section, an individual must have demonstrated experience working with:
(1) a guardianship program;
(2) an organization that advocates on behalf of or in the interest of elderly individuals or individuals with mental illness or mental retardation; or
(3) incapacitated individuals.
(d) A member of the advisory board serves at the pleasure of a majority of the judges of the statutory probate courts that appointed the member, of the executive commissioner, or of the commissioner of aging and disability services, as appropriate.
(e) The presiding judge of the statutory probate courts, elected as provided by Chapter 25, may adopt rules as necessary for the operation of the advisory board.
(f) Sections 2 and 8, Article 6252-33, Revised Statutes, do not apply to the advisory board.