SRC-CTC S.B. 575 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 575
77R2757 MCK-FBy: Staples
Education
3/5/2001
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, the Texas Department of Health (department) has the
responsibility for licensing and regulating youth camps.  In recent years,
personnel from some of the department's regional offices have asserted that
private or independent institutions of higher education that provide
activities for young people on campus during summer months or other periods
of low demand should be regulated by the department.  However, private or
independent institutions of higher education have the general
characteristics of colleges and universities and should not be considered
"camps."  As proposed, S.B. 575 creates an exception to remove such
institutions of higher education from regulation under the Texas Youth Camp
Safety and Health Act. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a
state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Chapter 141, Health and Safety Code, by adding Section
141.0021, as follows: 

Sec. 141.0021. EXEMPTION.  Provides that this chapter does not apply to a
facility or program operated by a private or independent institution of
higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2001.