85R10831 JCG-D     By: Neave H.B. No. 3522       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the criteria for issuing a silver alert for a missing   senior citizen.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 411.381(3), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:                (3)  "Senior citizen" means a person who is 55 [65]   years of age or older.          SECTION 2.  Section 411.386, Government Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as   follows:          (a)  A local law enforcement agency may notify the department   if the agency:                (1)  receives notice of a missing senior citizen;                (2)  verifies that at the time the senior citizen is   reported missing:                      (A)  the person reported missing is 55 [65] years   of age or older;                      (B)  the senior citizen's location is unknown; and                      (C)  the senior citizen has an impaired mental   condition; and                (3)  determines that the senior citizen's disappearance   poses a credible threat to the senior citizen's health and safety.          (c)  The family or legal guardian of a missing senior citizen   may provide documentation as required by Subsection (b)(1) by   submitting to the local law enforcement agency an affidavit stating   that the senior citizen has an impaired mental condition.  The local   law enforcement agency may not require additional documentation   under Subsection (b)(1) from a family or legal guardian who submits   an affidavit as described by this subsection.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.