88R4793 MZM-F | ||
By: Howard, Neave Criado, Guillen, Harless | H.B. No. 2670 |
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relating to the composition of the Sexual Assault Survivors' Task | ||
Force and to compensation for task force members and certain other | ||
task force participants. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 772.0064, Government Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (n) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(d) The task force is composed of the following members: | ||
(1) the governor or the governor's designee; | ||
(2) a representative of each state agency that has | ||
duties relating to the prevention, investigation, or prosecution of | ||
sexual assault or other sex offenses or provides services to | ||
survivors, including: | ||
(A) the office of the attorney general; [ |
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(B) the Health and Human Services Commission; and | ||
(C) the Department of Family and Protective | ||
Services; | ||
(3) the executive director of the Texas Commission on | ||
Law Enforcement or the executive director's designee; | ||
(4) the presiding officer of the Texas Forensic | ||
Science Commission or the presiding officer's designee; | ||
(5) the division director of the law enforcement | ||
support division of the Texas Department of Public Safety with | ||
authority over the Crime Laboratory Service or the division | ||
director's designee; | ||
(6) the president of the Texas Association of Crime | ||
Laboratory Directors or the president's designee; | ||
(7) the president of the Texas District and County | ||
Attorney's Association or the president's designee; | ||
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of Forensic Nurses Texas Chapter or the president's designee; | ||
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organization described by Section 264.409, Family Code, or the | ||
president's designee; | ||
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coalition, as defined by Section 420.003, or the president's | ||
designee; | ||
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agency appointed by the steering committee described by Subsection | ||
(c); | ||
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by the steering committee described by Subsection (c) to represent | ||
the interests of health care facilities that perform sexual assault | ||
forensic exams; | ||
(13) an adult survivor of child sexual abuse or the | ||
parent or guardian of a survivor of child sexual abuse; | ||
(14) a survivor of adult sexual assault; and | ||
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the steering committee described by Subsection (c). | ||
(n) A task force member who is not employed by a state agency | ||
or an individual invited by the governor to participate in | ||
scheduled task force meetings is entitled to: | ||
(1) a per diem in the amount provided by the General | ||
Appropriations Act for each day the member performs duties as a task | ||
force member or the individual attends a task force meeting; and | ||
(2) reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses | ||
incurred in performing duties as a member or participant of the task | ||
force, as applicable. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 772.0064(m), Government Code, is | ||
repealed. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |