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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to required human trafficking prevention training and |
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disclosure of certain information about human trafficking by tattoo |
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and body piercing studios. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 146, Health and Safety Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 146.0075 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 146.0075. REQUIRED HUMAN TRAFFICKING TRAINING. (a) |
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Each employee of a tattoo studio or body piercing studio within the |
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time prescribed by rules adopted by the executive commissioner |
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shall complete a training course approved by the executive |
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commissioner on identifying and assisting victims of human |
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trafficking. |
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(b) The executive commissioner shall approve training |
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courses on human trafficking prevention, including at least one |
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course that is available without charge. The department shall post |
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the list of the approved training courses on the department's |
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Internet website. |
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(c) A tattoo studio or body piercing studio licensed under |
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this chapter shall display in an area of the studio regularly |
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accessible to the studio's employees a poster with information on |
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recognizing potential victims of human trafficking and methods for |
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assisting victims of human trafficking. The department shall |
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develop and post on the department's Internet website the poster |
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described by this subsection. |
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SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act: |
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(1) the executive commissioner of the Health and Human |
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Services Commission shall: |
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(A) approve human trafficking prevention |
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training courses as provided by Section 146.0075(b), Health and |
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Safety Code, as added by this Act; and |
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(B) adopt rules necessary to implement Section |
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146.0075, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act; and |
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(2) the Department of State Health Services shall: |
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(A) post on its Internet website the list of |
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human trafficking prevention courses approved by the executive |
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commissioner under Section 146.0075(b), Health and Safety Code, as |
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added by this Act; and |
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(B) develop and post on its Internet website the |
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poster described by Section 146.0075(c), Health and Safety Code, as |
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added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. (a) An employee of a tattoo studio or body |
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piercing studio is not required to complete a training course as |
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required by Section 146.0075(a), Health and Safety Code, as added |
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by this Act, before January 1, 2024. |
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(b) A tattoo studio or body piercing studio is not required |
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to comply with Section 146.0075(c), Health and Safety Code, as |
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added by this Act, before January 1, 2024. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |