Tex.
Human Resources Code Section 48.052
Failure to Report; Penalty
(a)
A person commits an offense if the person has cause to believe that an elderly person or person with a disability has been abused, neglected, or exploited or is in the state of abuse, neglect, or exploitation and knowingly fails to report in accordance with this chapter. An offense under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor, except that the offense is a state jail felony if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the abused, neglected, or exploited person is a person with an intellectual disability who resided in a state supported living center, the ICF-IID component of the Rio Grande State Center, or a facility licensed under Chapter 252 (Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability), Health and Safety Code, and the actor knew that the person had suffered serious bodily injury as a result of the abuse, neglect, or exploitation.(b)
This section does not apply if the alleged abuse, neglect, or exploitation occurred in a facility licensed under Chapter 242 (Convalescent and Nursing Facilities and Related Institutions), Health and Safety Code. Failure to report abuse, neglect, or exploitation that occurs in a facility licensed under that chapter is governed by that chapter.
Source:
Section 48.052 — Failure to Report; Penalty, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.48.htm#48.052 (accessed Apr. 20, 2024).
