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  89R8427 MCF-D     By: Middleton S.B. No. 1800       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to creating the criminal offense of abandoning a resident   of an assisted living facility during a declared state of disaster   or local state of disaster.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 247, Health and Safety   Code, is amended by adding Section 247.073 to read as follows:           Sec.   247.073.     RESIDENT ABANDONMENT DURING DECLARED STATE OF   DISASTER; CRIMINAL OFFENSE.   (a)   In this section, "abandon" means   to leave a resident in an assisted living facility without   providing reasonable or necessary care to the resident in   circumstances under which no reasonable, similarly situated person   would leave a resident of that age and ability.           (b)     A person commits an offense if the person operates an   assisted living facility located in a disaster area during a   declared state of disaster under Section 418.014, Government Code,   or local state of disaster under Section 418.108, Government Code,   and abandons a facility resident or authorizes a facility employee   to abandon a facility resident.           (c)     An offense under Subsection (b) is a state jail felony,   except the offense is:                 (1)     a felony of the third degree if it is shown on the   trial of the offense that the assisted living facility resident   suffered bodily injury as a result of the offense;                 (2)     a felony of the second degree if it is shown on the   trial of the offense that the resident suffered serious bodily   injury as a result of the offense; or                 (3)     a felony of the first degree if it is shown on the   trial of the offense that the resident suffered death as a result of   the offense.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.