AGENDA

9:00 am        Opening Comments  

Catherine Vergara, TxCG / TGA President, Austin, Texas

Terry W. Hammond, JD / TGA Executive Director, Bryan, Texas

Welcome by Legislative Forum Sponsors:

9:15 am        TGA’s Perspective on the 87th Legislative Session – Part 1

Steven D. Fields, JD/Court Administrator, Tarrant County Probate Court #2, Fort Worth, Texas [link to bills that passed]

Steve Fields will present a brief overview of legislation that passed in the 87th Legislative session that impacted on guardians and guardianships in Texas.

 9:45 am     Prospects for the 88^th Legislative Session

Rep. Jeff Leach, Chair, House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence Committee, Texas House of Representatives (Invited)

Rep. Andrew Murr, Texas House of Representatives (Invited)

Jorge Ramirez, JD/Chief of Staff, Senator Judith Zaffirini, Austin, Texas (Confirmed)

Jeff Rinard, Director, Enterprise Planning and Regulatory Services

Office of Court Administration (Confirmed)

10:30 am     Legislative Agenda – Texas Real Estate and Probate Institute

Lauren Davis Hunt, JD, Osborne, Helman, Knebel & Scott, L.L.P,

Chair, Legislative Affairs for Trusts and Estates, Texas Real Estate and Probate Institute (confirmed) [link to T-Rep Legislative Agenda]

10:45 am      Legislative Agenda – Disability Rights Texas/GRSDM

Jeff Miller, Disability Rights Texas, Austin [link to DRT agenda]

Belinda Carlton, Guardianship Reform and Supported Decision-Making Work Group, Austin

11:00 am      Comments re: Guardianship Interim Charge for House Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence

Recommendations regarding the use and types of guardianships in Texas and the effect of guardianship on individual rights; Study the financial costs to families related to attaining and maintaining guardianship and compare costs to those associated with guardianship alternatives, such as supported decision-making.

                    Link to Committee Hearing October 12, 2022:  https://tlchouse.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=46&clip_id=23662

Lauren Gerken, M.A., Public Policy Analyst, Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities [link to Laura Gerken testimony]

Leonard James III, TxCG/Family Guardian [link to Leonard James testimony]

11:30 am      Preparing for the 88^th Legislative Session

Terry W. Hammond, JD / TGA Executive Director, Bryan, Texas [link to TGA testimony]

Terry Hammond will discuss the October, 2022 Hearing on Interim Charges held by the Texas House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence Committee and expected TGA efforts in the 88^th Legislative Session.

12:00 pm      Adjournment       

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