AGENDA

9:00 am Opening Comments
Claudia Gonzalez, TxCG / TGA Executive Director, Houston, Texas
Terry W. Hammond, JD / TGA Director of State Affairs, Bryan, Texas

9:15 am Overview of the 88th Legislative Session
Elizabeth Hart, LMSW, Chair, TGA Public Policy Committee, Fort Worth, Texas
Leonard James, TXCG/Family Guardian, TGA Public Policy Committee, Houston, Texas
Terry W. Hammond

9:45 am JBCC Bill Discussion and Analysis
Jeff Rinard, Director, Enterprise Planning and Regulatory Services
Office of Court Administration
HB 4123 (Criminal Background Checks in Guardianship Proceedings)
SB 2106 (JBCC Sanctions)

10:15 am Disability Rights Texas Bill Discussion and Analysis
Jeff Miller, Disability Rights Texas, Austin
SB 1606 (IDD Evaluations/Restoration/Modification)
SB 1624 (Restoration/Modification/Right to Counsel)

10:35 am Texas Real Estate and Probate Institute Bill Discussion and Analysis
R. Dyann McCully, JD, The Blum Firm, Chair, Guardianship Committee,
Texas Real Estate and Probate Institute
SB 1457 (T-REP Bill)
SB 1606 (IDD Evaluations/Restoration/Modification)
SB 1624 (Restoration/Modification/Right to Counsel)
HB 653 (Independent Parental Guardianship – Severe IDD)

11:00 am TGA Discussion and Analysis of Bills that Passed (and did not pass)in the 88th Legislative Session
Terry W. Hammond, JD / TGA Director of State Affairs, Bryan, Texas
The Best of the Rest
Steven D. Fields, JD/TGA Public Policy Committee, Fort Worth, Texas
The Cemetery of Dead Bills

12:00 pm Adjournment

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MCLE - 2.5 credits

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