S.B. No. 221

	AN ACT
	relating to the Department of Family and Protective Services,
	including protective services and investigations of alleged abuse,
	neglect, or exploitation for certain adults who are elderly or
	disabled; providing a criminal penalty.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 59.006, Finance Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(a)  This section provides the exclusive method for
	compelled discovery of a record of a financial institution relating
	to one or more customers but does not create a right of privacy in a
	record. This section does not apply to and does not require or
	authorize a financial institution to give a customer notice of:
	(1)  a demand or inquiry from a state or federal
	government agency authorized by law to conduct an examination of
	the financial institution;
	(2)  a record request from a state or federal
	government agency or instrumentality under statutory or
	administrative authority that provides for, or is accompanied by, a
	specific mechanism for discovery and protection of a customer
	record of a financial institution, including a record request from
	a federal agency subject to the Right to Financial Privacy Act of
	1978 (12 U.S.C. Section 3401 et seq.), as amended, or from the
	Internal Revenue Service under Section 1205, Internal Revenue Code
	of 1986;
	(3)  a record request from or report to a government
	agency arising out of the investigation or prosecution of a
	criminal offense or the investigation of alleged abuse, neglect, or
	exploitation of an elderly or disabled person in accordance with
	Chapter 48, Human Resources Code;
	(4)  a record request in connection with a garnishment
	proceeding in which the financial institution is garnishee and the
	customer is debtor;
	(5)  a record request by a duly appointed receiver for
	the customer;
	(6)  an investigative demand or inquiry from a state
	legislative investigating committee;
	(7)  an investigative demand or inquiry from the
	attorney general of this state as authorized by law other than the
	procedural law governing discovery in civil cases; or
	(8)  the voluntary use or disclosure of a record by a
	financial institution subject to other applicable state or federal
	law.
	SECTION 2.  Section 411.114, Government Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 411.114.  ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD
	INFORMATION:  DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE [AND REGULATORY]
	SERVICES.  (a)(1)  In this subsection:
	(A)  "Child," "child-care facility,"
	"child-placing agency," and "family home" have the meanings
	assigned by Section 42.002, Human Resources Code.
	(B)  "Elderly person" has the meaning assigned by
	Section 48.002, Human Resources Code.
	(C)  "Maternity home" has the meaning assigned by
	Section 249.001, Health and Safety Code.
	(D)  "Person with a disability" means a disabled
	person as defined by Section 48.002, Human Resources Code.
	(E)  "Ward" has the meaning assigned by Section
	601, Texas Probate Code.
	(2)  The Department of Family and Protective Services
	shall obtain from the department criminal history record
	information maintained by the department that relates to a person
	who is:
	(A)  an applicant for a license, registration,
	certification, or listing under Chapter 42, Human Resources Code,
	or Chapter 249, Health and Safety Code;
	(B)  an owner, operator, or employee of or an
	applicant for employment by a child-care facility, child-placing
	agency, family home, or maternity home licensed, registered,
	certified, or listed under Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, or
	Chapter 249, Health and Safety Code;
	(C)  a person 14 years of age or older who will be
	regularly or frequently working or staying in a child-care
	facility, family home, or maternity home while children are being
	provided care, other than a child in the care of the home or
	facility;
	(D)  an applicant selected for a position with the
	Department of Family and Protective Services, the duties of which
	include direct delivery of protective services to children, elderly
	persons, or persons with a disability;
	(E)  an employee of, an applicant for employment
	with, or a volunteer or an applicant volunteer with a business
	entity or person that contracts with the Department of Family and
	Protective Services to provide direct delivery of protective
	services to children, elderly persons, or persons with a
	disability, if the person's duties or responsibilities include
	direct contact with children, elderly persons, or persons with a
	disability;
	(F)  a registered volunteer with the Department of
	Family and Protective Services;
	(G)  a person providing or applying to provide
	in-home, adoptive, or foster care for children in the care of the
	Department of Family and Protective Services and other persons
	living in the residence in which the child will reside;
	(H)  a Department of Family and Protective
	Services employee who is engaged in the direct delivery of
	protective services to children, elderly persons, or persons with a
	disability;
	(I)  an alleged perpetrator in [a person who is
	the subject of] a report the Department of Family and Protective
	Services receives alleging that the person has abused, neglected,
	or exploited a child, an elderly person, or a person with a
	disability, provided that:
	(i)  the report alleges the person has
	engaged in conduct that meets the applicable [statutory] definition
	of abuse, neglect, or exploitation under Chapter 261, Family Code,
	or Chapter 48, Human Resources Code; and
	(ii)  the person [who is the subject of the
	report] is not also the victim of the alleged conduct;
	(J)  a person providing child care for a child who
	is in the care of the Department of Family and Protective Services
	and who is or will be receiving adoptive, foster, or in-home care;
	(K)  through a contract with a nonprofit
	management center, an employee of, an applicant for employment
	with, or a volunteer or an applicant volunteer with a nonprofit,
	tax-exempt organization that provides any service that involves the
	care of or access to a child [children], an elderly person
	[persons], or a person [persons] with a disability; or
	(L)  an applicant for a child-care administrator
	or child-placing agency administrator license under Chapter 43,
	Human Resources Code.
	(3)  The Department of Family and Protective [and
	Regulatory] Services is entitled to obtain from the department
	criminal history record information maintained by the department
	that relates to a person who is:
	(A)  a volunteer or applicant volunteer with a
	local affiliate in this state of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of
	America;
	(B)  a volunteer or applicant volunteer with the
	"I Have a Dream/Houston" program;
	(C)  a volunteer or applicant volunteer with an
	organization that provides court-appointed special advocates for
	abused or neglected children;
	(D)  a person providing, at the request of the
	child's parent, in-home care for a child who is the subject of a
	report alleging the child has been abused or neglected;
	(E)  a volunteer or applicant volunteer with a
	Texas chapter of the Make-a-Wish Foundation of America;
	(F)  a person providing, at the request of the
	child's parent, in-home care for a child only if the person gives
	written consent to the release and disclosure of the information;
	(G)  a child who is related to the caretaker, as
	determined under Section 42.002, Human Resources Code, and who
	resides in or is present in a child-care facility, family home, or
	maternity home, other than a child described by Subdivision (2)(C),
	or any other person who has unsupervised access to a child in the
	care of a child-care facility, family home, or maternity home;
	(H)  an applicant for a position with the
	Department of Family and Protective [and Regulatory] Services,
	other than a position described by Subdivision (2)(D), regardless
	of the duties of the position;
	(I)  a volunteer or applicant volunteer with the
	Department of Family and Protective [and Regulatory] Services,
	other than a registered volunteer, regardless of the duties to be
	performed;
	(J)  a person providing or applying to provide
	in-home, adoptive, or foster care for children to the extent
	necessary to comply with Subchapter B, Chapter 162, Family Code;
	(K)  a Department of Family and Protective [and
	Regulatory] Services employee, other than an employee described by
	Subdivision (2)(H), regardless of the duties of the employee's
	position;
	(L)  a relative of a child in the care of the
	Department of Family and Protective [and Regulatory] Services, to
	the extent necessary to comply with Section 162.007, Family Code;
	(M)  a person, other than an alleged perpetrator
	in [the subject of] a report described in Subdivision (2)(I),
	living in the residence in which the alleged victim of the report
	resides;
	(N)  a contractor or an employee of a contractor
	who delivers services to a ward of the Department of Protective and
	Regulatory Services under a contract with the estate of the ward;
	(O)  a person who seeks unsupervised visits with a
	ward of the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services,
	including a relative of the ward; [or]
	(P)  an employee, volunteer, or applicant
	volunteer of a children's advocacy center under Subchapter E,
	Chapter 264, Family Code, including a member of the governing board
	of a center; or
	(Q)  an employee of, an applicant for employment
	with, or a volunteer or an applicant volunteer with an entity or
	person that contracts with the Department of Family and Protective
	Services and has access to confidential information in the
	department's records, if the employee, applicant, volunteer, or
	applicant volunteer has or will have access to that confidential
	information.
	(4)  Subject to Section 411.087, the Department of
	Family and Protective [and Regulatory] Services is entitled to:
	(A)  obtain through the Federal Bureau of
	Investigation criminal history record information maintained or
	indexed by that bureau that pertains to a person described by
	Subdivision (2) or (3); and
	(B)  obtain from any other criminal justice agency
	in this state criminal history record information maintained by
	that criminal justice agency that relates to a person described by
	Subdivision (2) or (3). Law enforcement entities shall expedite
	the furnishing of such information to Department of Family and
	Protective [and Regulatory] Services workers to ensure prompt
	criminal background checks for the safety of alleged victims and
	Department of Family and Protective [and Regulatory] Services
	workers.
	(5)  The Department of Family and Protective [and
	Regulatory] Services may not use the authority granted under this
	section to harass an employee or volunteer. The executive
	commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission [Board of
	Protective and Regulatory Services] shall adopt rules to prevent
	the harassment of an employee or volunteer through the request and
	use of criminal records.
	(6)  Criminal history record information obtained by
	the Department of Family and Protective [and Regulatory] Services
	under this subsection may not be released to any person except:
	(A)  on court order;
	(B)  with the consent of the person who is the
	subject of the criminal history record information;
	(C)  for purposes of an administrative hearing
	held by the Department of Family and Protective [and Regulatory]
	Services concerning the person who is the subject of the criminal
	history record information; or
	(D)  as provided by Subdivision (7).
	(7)  The Department of Family and Protective [and
	Regulatory] Services is not prohibited from releasing criminal
	history record information obtained under this subsection to:
	(A)  the person who is the subject of the criminal
	history record information;
	(B)  a child-care facility, child-placing agency,
	family home, or maternity home listed in Subdivision (2) that
	employs or is considering employing the person who is the subject of
	the criminal history record information;
	(C)  a person or business entity described by
	Subdivision (2)(E) or (3) who uses or intends to use the services of
	the volunteer or employs or is considering employing the person who
	is the subject of the criminal history record information; [or]
	(D)  an adult who resides [residing] with an
	alleged victim of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a child,
	elderly person, or person with a disability and who also resides
	with the alleged perpetrator of that abuse, neglect, or
	exploitation if:
	(i)  the alleged perpetrator [person who] is
	the subject of the criminal history record information; and
	(ii)[, if]  the Department of Family and
	Protective [and Regulatory] Services determines that the release of
	information to the adult is necessary to ensure the safety or
	welfare of the alleged victim [child, elderly person, or person
	with a disability] or the adult; or
	(E)  an elderly or disabled person who is an
	alleged victim of abuse, neglect, or exploitation and who resides
	with the alleged perpetrator of that abuse, neglect, or
	exploitation if:
	(i)  the alleged perpetrator is the subject
	of the criminal history record information; and
	(ii)  the Department of Family and
	Protective Services determines that the release of information to
	the elderly or disabled person or adult is necessary to ensure the
	safety or welfare of the elderly or disabled person.
	(b)  The failure or refusal to provide a complete set of
	fingerprints or a complete name on request constitutes good cause
	for dismissal or refusal to hire, as applicable, with regard to a
	volunteer of or an employee or applicant for permanent or temporary
	employment with the Department of Family and Protective [and
	Regulatory] Services, or a facility, home, business, or other
	entity, if the volunteer position, employment, or potential
	employment involves direct interaction with or the opportunity to
	interact and associate with children.
	(c)  The Department of Family and Protective [and
	Regulatory] Services may charge an organization or person that
	requests criminal history record information under Subsection
	(a)(3) a fee in an amount necessary to cover the costs of obtaining
	the information on the organization's or person's behalf.
	SECTION 3.  Subsection (a), Section 142.018, Health and
	Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  In this section, "abuse," "exploitation," and "neglect"
	have the meanings applicable through a rule adopted by the
	executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission
	under [assigned by] Section 48.002(c) [48.002], Human Resources
	Code, except that if the executive commissioner has not adopted
	applicable rules under that section, the statutory definitions of
	those terms under Section 48.002(a), Human Resources Code, shall be
	used.
	SECTION 4.  Subsection (b), Section 40.0315, Human Resources
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(b)  An investigator in the unit shall determine whether an
	elderly or disabled person who is the subject of a report made under
	Section 48.051(a) may have suffered from abuse, neglect, or
	exploitation as a result of the criminal conduct of another person.
	If the investigator determines that criminal conduct may have
	occurred, the investigator shall immediately notify:
	(1)  the commission's office of inspector general if
	the disabled person who is the subject of the report resides in a
	state supported living center or the ICF-MR component of the Rio
	Grande State Center; and [or]
	(2)  the appropriate law enforcement agency, unless the
	law enforcement agency reported the alleged abuse, neglect, or
	exploitation to the department.
	SECTION 5.  Subdivisions (3) and (5), Subsection (a),
	Section 48.002, Human Resources Code, are amended to read as
	follows:
	(3)  "Exploitation" means the illegal or improper act
	or process of a caretaker, family member, or other individual who
	has an ongoing relationship with an [the] elderly or disabled
	person that involves using, or attempting to use, the resources of
	the [an] elderly or disabled person, including the person's social
	security number or other identifying information, for monetary or
	personal benefit, profit, or gain without the informed consent of
	the elderly or disabled person.
	(5)  "Protective services" means the services
	furnished by the department or by a protective services agency to an
	elderly or disabled person who has been determined to be in a state
	of abuse, neglect, or exploitation or to a relative or caretaker of
	an elderly or disabled person if the department determines the
	services are necessary to prevent the elderly or disabled person
	from returning to a state of abuse, neglect, or exploitation.  These
	services may include social casework, case management, and
	arranging for psychiatric and health evaluation, home care, day
	care, social services, health care, respite services, and other
	services consistent with this chapter.  The term does not include
	the services of the department or another protective services
	agency in conducting an investigation regarding alleged abuse,
	neglect, or exploitation of an elderly or disabled person.
	SECTION 6.  Section 48.002, Human Resources Code, is amended
	by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
	(c)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), the executive
	commissioner by rule may adopt definitions of "abuse," "neglect,"
	and "exploitation," as an alternative to the definitions of those
	terms under Subsection (a), for purposes of conducting an
	investigation under this chapter or Chapter 142, Health and Safety
	Code.
	SECTION 7.  Subsection (a), Section 48.006, Human Resources
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Subject to the availability of funds, the department
	shall develop a community satisfaction survey that solicits
	information regarding the department's performance with respect to
	providing investigative and adult protective services.  In each
	region, the department shall send the survey at least biennially
	[annually] to:
	(1)  stakeholders in the adult protective services
	system, including local law enforcement agencies and prosecutors'
	offices;
	(2)  protective services agencies, including nonprofit
	agencies; and
	(3)  courts with jurisdiction over probate matters.
	SECTION 8.  Section 48.053, Human Resources Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	Sec. 48.053.  FALSE REPORT; PENALTY.  (a)  A person commits
	an offense if the person knowingly or intentionally reports
	information as provided in this chapter that the person knows is
	false or lacks factual foundation.
	(b)  An offense under this section is a Class A [B]
	misdemeanor.
	SECTION 9.  Subsection (a), Section 48.151, Human Resources
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Not later than 24 hours after the department receives a
	report of an allegation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation under
	Section 48.051, the department shall initiate a prompt and thorough
	investigation as needed to evaluate the accuracy of the report and
	to assess the need for protective services, unless the department
	determines that the report:
	(1)  is frivolous or patently without a factual basis;
	or
	(2)  does not concern abuse, neglect, or exploitation,
	as those terms are defined by rules adopted by the executive
	commissioner under Section 48.002(c), except that if the executive
	commissioner has not adopted applicable rules under that section,
	the statutory definitions of those terms under Section 48.002(a)
	shall be used [48.002].
	SECTION 10.  Section 48.152, Human Resources Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 48.152.  INVESTIGATION.  (a)  An investigation by the
	department or a state agency shall include an interview with the
	elderly or disabled person, if appropriate, and with persons
	thought to have knowledge of the circumstances. If the elderly or
	disabled person refuses to be interviewed or cannot be interviewed
	because of a physical or mental impairment, the department shall
	continue the investigation by interviewing other persons thought to
	have knowledge relevant to the investigation.
	(b)  The investigation may include an interview with an
	alleged juvenile perpetrator of the alleged abuse, neglect, or
	exploitation.
	(c)  The department or state agency may conduct an interview
	under this section in private or may include any person the
	department or agency determines is necessary.
	SECTION 11.  Section 48.1522, Human Resources Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 48.1522.  REPORTS OF CRIMINAL CONDUCT TO LAW
	ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), if
	during the course of the department's or another state agency's
	investigation of reported abuse, neglect, or exploitation a
	caseworker of the department or other state agency, as applicable,
	or the caseworker's supervisor has cause to believe that the
	elderly or disabled person has been abused, neglected, or exploited
	by another person in a manner that constitutes a criminal offense
	under any law, including Section 22.04, Penal Code, the caseworker
	or supervisor shall:
	(1)  immediately notify an appropriate law enforcement
	agency, unless the law enforcement agency reported the alleged
	abuse, neglect, or exploitation to the department; and
	(2)  provide the law enforcement agency with a copy of
	the investigation report of the department or other state agency,
	as applicable, in a timely manner.
	(b)  If during the course of the department's investigation
	of reported abuse, neglect, or exploitation a caseworker of the
	department or the caseworker's supervisor has cause to believe that
	a disabled person who is a resident or client of a state supported
	living center or the ICF-MR component of the Rio Grande State Center
	has been abused, neglected, or exploited by another person in a
	manner that constitutes a criminal offense under any law, including
	Section 22.04, Penal Code, in addition to the report to the
	appropriate law enforcement agency required by Subsection (a), the
	caseworker shall immediately notify the commission's office of
	inspector general and promptly provide the commission's office of
	inspector general with a copy of the department's investigation
	report.
	SECTION 12.  Subsections (a) through (e), Section 48.154,
	Human Resources Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The department or another state agency, as appropriate,
	shall have access to any records or documents, including
	client-identifying information, financial records, and medical and
	psychological records, necessary to the performance of the
	department's or state agency's duties under this chapter. The
	duties include but are not limited to the investigation of abuse,
	neglect, or exploitation or the provisions of services to an
	elderly or disabled person. A person, [or] agency, or institution
	that has a record or document that the department or state agency
	needs to perform its duties under this chapter shall, without
	unnecessary delay, make the record or document available to the
	department or state agency that requested the record or document.
	(b)  The department is exempt from the payment of a fee
	otherwise required or authorized by law to obtain a financial
	record from a person, agency, or institution or a medical record,
	including a mental health record, from a hospital or health care
	provider if the request for a record is made in the course of an
	investigation by the department.
	(c)  If the department or another state agency cannot obtain
	access to a record or document that is necessary to properly conduct
	an investigation or to perform another duty under this chapter, the
	department or state agency may petition the probate court or the
	statutory or constitutional county court having probate
	jurisdiction for access to the record or document.
	(d)  On good cause shown, the court shall order the person,
	agency, or institution who has [denied access to] a requested
	record or document to allow the department or state agency to have
	access to that record or document under the terms and conditions
	prescribed by the court.
	(e)  A person, agency, or institution who has a requested
	record or document is entitled to notice and a hearing on a [the]
	petition filed under this section.
	SECTION 13.  Subsection (d), Section 48.203, Human Resources
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(d)  Except as provided by Section 48.208, if [If] an elderly
	or disabled person withdraws from or refuses consent to voluntary
	protective services, the services may not be provided.
	SECTION 14.  Section 48.204, Human Resources Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 48.204.  AGENCY POWERS.  A protective services agency
	may furnish protective services to an elderly or disabled person
	with the person's consent or to a relative or caretaker of an
	elderly or disabled person on behalf of the elderly or disabled
	person with the relative's or caregiver's consent or, if the elderly
	or disabled person lacks the capacity to consent, without that
	person's consent as provided by this chapter.
	SECTION 15.  Section 48.208, Human Resources Code, is
	amended by amending Subsections (e), (e-2), (f), and (h) and adding
	Subsection (i) to read as follows:
	(e)  The emergency order expires on the earlier of [at] the
	end of the 10th day after [72 hours from] the date [time] the order
	is rendered or the end of the 10th day after the date the person was
	removed to safer surroundings if the emergency order was rendered
	subsequent to the removal of the person to safer surroundings in
	accordance with Subsection (h), unless:
	(1)  the emergency order terminates as provided by
	Subsection (e-1);
	(2)  the 10-day [72-hour] period ends on a Saturday,
	Sunday, or legal holiday in which event the order is automatically
	extended to 4 p.m. on the first succeeding business day; or
	(3)  the court extends the order as provided by
	Subsection (e-2).
	(e-2)  The court, after notice and a hearing, may extend an
	emergency order issued under this section for a period of not more
	than 30 days after the date the original emergency order for
	protective services was rendered.  The court, after notice and a
	hearing and for good cause shown, may grant a second extension of an
	emergency order of not more than an additional 30 days. The court
	may not grant more than two extensions of the original emergency
	order.  An extension order that ends on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal
	holiday is automatically extended to 4 p.m. on the first succeeding
	business day.  The court may modify or terminate the emergency order
	on petition of the department, the incapacitated person, or any
	person interested in the person's [his] welfare.
	(f)  Any medical facility, emergency medical services
	provider, or physician who provides treatment to or who transports
	[treating] an elderly or disabled person pursuant to an emergency
	order under Subsection (d) or an emergency authorization under
	Subsection (h) [this chapter] is not liable for any damages arising
	from the treatment or transportation, except those damages
	resulting from the negligence of the facility, provider, or
	physician.
	(h)  If the department cannot obtain an emergency order under
	this section because the court is closed on a Saturday, Sunday, or
	legal holiday or after 5 p.m., the department may remove or
	authorize an appropriate transportation service, including an
	emergency medical services provider, to remove the elderly or
	disabled person to safer surroundings, authorize medical
	treatment, or authorize [order] or provide other available services
	necessary to remove conditions creating the threat to life or
	physical safety. The department must obtain an emergency order
	under this section not later than 4 p.m. on the first succeeding
	business day after the date on which protective services are
	provided. If the department does not obtain an emergency order, the
	department shall cease providing protective services and, if
	necessary, make arrangements for the immediate return of the person
	to the place from which the person was removed, to the person's
	place of residence in the state, or to another suitable place.
	(i)  If the department's removal of a person from the
	person's place of residence under this section results in that
	residence being vacant, the department shall notify the appropriate
	law enforcement agency of the vacancy to facilitate the law
	enforcement agency's monitoring of the residence.
	SECTION 16.  Subsections (a) and (b), Section 48.405, Human
	Resources Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  If the employee requests a hearing, the department or
	its designee shall:
	(1)  set a hearing;
	(2)  give written notice of the hearing to the
	employee; and
	(3)  designate an administrative law judge [a hearings
	examiner] to conduct the hearing.
	(b)  The administrative law judge [hearings examiner] shall
	make findings of fact and conclusions of law and shall promptly
	issue an order regarding [to the commissioner or the commissioner's
	designee a proposal for decision as to] the occurrence of the
	reportable conduct.
	SECTION 17.  Subsection (c), Section 48.405, Human Resources
	Code, is repealed.
	SECTION 18.  The change made by this Act to Section 48.053,
	Human Resources Code, applies only to an offense committed on or
	after the effective date of this Act. An offense committed before
	the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when
	the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in effect
	for that purpose. For the purposes of this section, an offense was
	committed before the effective date of this Act if any element of
	the offense occurred before that date.
	SECTION 19.  The change in law made by this Act to Section
	48.405, Human Resources Code, applies only to a hearing requested
	on or after the effective date of this Act.  A hearing requested
	before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
	effect when the hearing was requested, and the former law is
	continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 20.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 221 passed the Senate on
	March 24, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
	the Senate concurred in House amendments on May 27, 2011, by the
	following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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	Secretary of the Senate
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 221 passed the House, with
	amendments, on May 20, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 145,
	Nays 4, one present not voting.
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	Chief Clerk of the House
	Approved:
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	Date
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	Governor