By: Oliverson H.B. No. 2660       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the duties of a law enforcement agency regarding   missing children and missing persons.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article 63.009(a), Code of Criminal Procedure,   is amended to read as follows:          (a)  A law enforcement agency, on receiving a report of a   missing child or missing person, shall:                (1)  if the subject of the report is a child and the   child is at a high risk of harm or is otherwise in danger or if the   subject of the report is a person who is known by the agency to have   or is reported to have chronic dementia, including Alzheimer's   dementia, whether caused by illness, brain defect, or brain injury,   immediately start an investigation in order to determine the   present location of the child or person;                (2)  if the subject of the report is a child or person   other than a child or person described by Subdivision (1), start an   investigation with due diligence in order to determine the present   location of the child or person;                (3)  immediately, but not later than two hours after   receiving the report, enter the name of the child or person into the   clearinghouse and the national crime information center missing   person file if the child or person meets the center's criteria, and   report that name to the Alzheimer's Association Safe Return   emergency response center if applicable, with all available   identifying features such as dental records, fingerprints, other   physical characteristics, and a description of the clothing worn   when last seen, and all available information describing any person   reasonably believed to have taken or retained the missing child or   missing person;                (4)  not later than the 60th day after the date the   agency receives the report, enter the name of the child or person   into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, with all   available identifying features such as dental records,   fingerprints, other physical characteristics, and a description of   the clothing worn when last seen, and all available information   describing any person reasonably believed to have taken or retained   the missing child or missing person; [and]                (5)  electronically submit to each municipal or county   law enforcement agency within 200 miles the report and any   information that may help determine the present location of the   child or person within 48 hours; and                (6)  inform the person who filed the report of the   missing child or missing person that the information will be:                      (A)  entered into the clearinghouse, the national   crime information center missing person file, and the National   Missing and Unidentified Persons System; [and]                      (B)  reported to the Alzheimer's Association Safe   Return emergency response center if applicable; and                      (C)  submitted to each municipal or county law   enforcement agency within 200 miles.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to a report of a missing child or missing person that is made to a   law enforcement agency on or after the effective date of this Act.   A report of a missing child or missing person that is made to a law   enforcement agency before the effective date of this Act is   governed by the law in effect on the date the report was made, and   the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.