Tex. Codes » Human Resources Code · TITLE 2. HUMAN SERVICES AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES IN GENERAL · SUBTITLE D. DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CHAPTER 48. INVESTIGATIONS AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES FOR ELDERLY PERSONS AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
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Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 48.001 (2026)

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Sec. 48.001. PURPOSE. The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the authority to investigate the abuse, neglect, or exploitation of an elderly person or person with a disability and to provide protective services to that person.

Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2368, ch. 584, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 730, ch. 172, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1983; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 303, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 907, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Amended by:

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 4.254, eff. April 2, 2015.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2012–2025 · leading case: Mosley v. Texas Health & Human Servs. Comm'n, 517 S.W.3d 346 (Tex. App. 2017).
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Mosley v. Texas Health & Human Servs. Comm'n, 517 S.W.3d 346 (Tex. App. 2017). “The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) has the statutory authority “to investigate the abuse, neglect, or exploitation of an elderly person or person with a disability,” Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 48.001, and must forward a confirmed finding of a regulated…”
in Re: Pauline Chesses & Sun Chesses-Szabos, 388 S.W.3d 330 (Tex. App. 2012). “” Tex. Hum.Res.Code Ann. § 48.001 (West 2001).”
Patricia Mosley// Texas Health & Human Servs. Comm'n & Texas Dep't of Fam. & Prot. Servs. v. Texas Health & Human Servs. Comm'n & Texas Dep't of Fam. & Prot. Servs.// Cross-Appellee, Patricia Mosley (Tex. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “14 Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 48.001 ............”
Susie Crawford v. Burke Ctr. (Tex. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “TEX. HUM. RES. CODE ANN. § 48.001 (West Supp.”
Patricia Mosley v. Texas Health & Human Servs. Comm'n & Texas Dep't of Fam. & Prot. Servs. (Tex. 2019). “” TEX. HUM. RES. CODE § 48.001. When it discovers any “reportable conduct,” it notifies the Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS).”
Liccardi v. Lyskowski (N.D. Tex. 2025). “” TEX. HUM. RES. CODE § 48.001. It does not explicitly create any private right of action.”
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