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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to sexual assault and domestic violence awareness |
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continuing education for cosmetology license holders. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1602.354(c), Occupations Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) The commission shall require continuing education |
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programs under this chapter to include information on: |
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(1) activities commonly associated with human |
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trafficking; |
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(2) recognition of potential victims of human |
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trafficking; [and] |
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(3) methods for assisting victims of human |
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trafficking, including how to report human trafficking; and |
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(4) sexual assault and domestic violence awareness. |
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SECTION 2. (a) Not later than March 1, 2022, the Texas |
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Commission of Licensing and Regulation shall adopt rules to |
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implement Section 1602.354(c), Occupations Code, as amended by this |
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Act. |
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(b) Section 1602.354(c), Occupations Code, as amended by |
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this Act, and the rules adopted under Subsection (a) of this section |
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apply only to a continuing education program provided on or after |
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September 1, 2022. A continuing education program provided before |
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that date is governed by the law in effect immediately before the |
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effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |