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A staff speaker (Speaker 4) summarized the revisions as a reorganization of definitions, new requirements that guardians be truthful to courts, wards, service providers and the commission, a requirement to disclose conflicts of interest to the court in writing, a clarified fiduciary duty provision, and a prohibition on delegating guardianship duties (code of ethics provision 12 was revised to reflect that prohibition). Speaker 4 said the revisions reflect recommendations approved by Judge Spencer, Commissioner Ford and the Guardianship Advisory Committee.

Speaker 4 asked that the commission move to adopt the advisory board’s amendments to the code of ethics and minimum standards and to adopt the sanction matrix. A motion to approve the amendments and the sanction matrix was made and seconded; the commission approved both items. For the sanction matrix, staff emphasized it is a guideline for the commission and the complaint review committee and that the commission retains the ability to deviate from the proposed sanctions.

The agenda also included approval of the “certified guardians and guardianship programs sanctioned matrix,” described as a final draft for compliance cases; the commission voted to adopt it. There was no recorded discussion amending the matrices, and commissioners did not identify specific sanctions to apply to named individuals during this meeting.

Commissioners received no update on the uniform format manual; staff said no word had been received and that the item remains pending with the administrative conference. The meeting closed after brief remarks and scheduling discussion; the transcript included an unclear reference to the date of the next commission meeting.

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The motion was introduced by Speaker 2, who said the commission should “reconsider that and, in fact, grant her application to be renewed” while expressing concern about the applicant’s blood alcohol content and potential harm to wards and others the guardian serves through the Texoma area agency. Speaker 3 seconded and offered an amendment making approval contingent on the applicant successfully completing deferred adjudication.

The commission voted to approve the amended motion. After the roll call, the chair noted the motion carried with two commissioners opposed. Speaker 5 and others asked for clarification about the licensing status and enforcement: Speaker 5 confirmed the applicant is licensed now but that continued licensure is contingent on successful completion of the deferred adjudication. When asked whether a formal complaint would be filed, a commission member said it would “just come back to us without a complaint necessarily.”

The commission did not state a timeline for verification of completion or specify whether staff or the complaint review committee would be responsible for monitoring compliance. The vote record provided in the meeting shows the motion carried with two opposed; individual commissioner names were not recorded in the transcript.

The action is procedural: the commission granted the renewal subject to the specified condition; it did not, in the recorded discussion, adopt additional monitoring procedures or immediate sanctions beyond the contingency tied to deferred adjudication. If the applicant fails to complete the condition, commissioners indicated they would reevaluate her licensing status.

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Commission adopts changes to guardianship code of ethics and a nonbinding sanction matrix

Commission reconsiders denial, grants guardian renewal conditional on completing deferred adjudication