(a) The Guardianship Advisory Board is composed of the following
representatives:
(1) one representative from each of the eleven state health
and human services regions, as defined by HHSC;
(2) three representatives of the public; and
(3) one representative of the Texas Department of Protective
and Regulatory Services.
(b) The representatives of the health and human services regions
are appointed by majority vote of the statutory probate judges of the region
or, if the region has no statutory probate court, by majority vote of the
statutory probate judges of the state. The HHSC Commissioner appoints the
three public representatives, and the Board of Protective and Regulatory Services
appoints the representative of the Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory
Services.
(c) A member of the Guardianship Advisory Board serves at the
pleasure of either the majority of the statutory probate judges who appointed
the member, the HHSC Commissioner, or the Board of Protective and Regulatory
Services.
(d) A person is eligible for appointment to the Guardianship
Advisory board if the person has demonstrated experience working with a guardianship
program, an organization that advocates on behalf of or in the interest of
the elderly or persons with mental illness or mental retardation, or incapacitated
persons.
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