| 83R4332 AJZ-D | ||
| By: Van de Putte | S.B. No. 1354 | |
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| relating to the confidentiality of certain records maintained by a | ||
| victims of trafficking shelter center and the creation of minimum | ||
| standards for certain facilities that provide services to victims | ||
| of trafficking. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The heading to Section 552.138, Government Code, | ||
| is amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 552.138. EXCEPTION: CONFIDENTIALITY OF FAMILY | ||
| VIOLENCE SHELTER CENTER, VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING SHELTER CENTER, AND | ||
| SEXUAL ASSAULT PROGRAM INFORMATION. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 552.138(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subdivision (3) to read as follows: | ||
| (3) "Victims of trafficking shelter center" means a | ||
| program that: | ||
| (A) is operated by a public or private nonprofit | ||
| organization; and | ||
| (B) provides comprehensive residential and | ||
| nonresidential services to persons who are victims of trafficking | ||
| under Section 20A.02, Penal Code. | ||
| SECTION 3. Sections 552.138(b) and (c), Government Code, | ||
| are amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) Information maintained by a family violence shelter | ||
| center, victims of trafficking shelter center, or sexual assault | ||
| program is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if it | ||
| is information that relates to: | ||
| (1) the home address, home telephone number, or social | ||
| security number of an employee or a volunteer worker of a family | ||
| violence shelter center, victims of trafficking shelter center, or | ||
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| worker complies with Section 552.024; | ||
| (2) the location or physical layout of a family | ||
| violence shelter center or victims of trafficking shelter center; | ||
| (3) the name, home address, home telephone number, or | ||
| numeric identifier of a current or former client of a family | ||
| violence shelter center, victims of trafficking shelter center, or | ||
| sexual assault program; | ||
| (4) the provision of services, including counseling | ||
| and sheltering, to a current or former client of a family violence | ||
| shelter center, victims of trafficking shelter center, or sexual | ||
| assault program; | ||
| (5) the name, home address, or home telephone number | ||
| of a private donor to a family violence shelter center, victims of | ||
| trafficking shelter center, or sexual assault program; or | ||
| (6) the home address or home telephone number of a | ||
| member of the board of directors or the board of trustees of a | ||
| family violence shelter center, victims of trafficking shelter | ||
| center, or sexual assault program, regardless of whether the board | ||
| member complies with Section 552.024. | ||
| (c) A governmental body may redact information maintained | ||
| by a family violence shelter center, victims of trafficking shelter | ||
| center, or sexual assault program that may be withheld under | ||
| Subsection (b)(1) or (6) from any information the governmental body | ||
| discloses under Section 552.021 without the necessity of requesting | ||
| a decision from the attorney general under Subchapter G. | ||
| SECTION 4. Section 42.042, Human Resources Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (g-2) to read as follows: | ||
| (g-2) The executive commissioner by rule shall adopt | ||
| minimum standards that apply to general residential operations that | ||
| provide comprehensive residential and nonresidential services to | ||
| persons who are victims of trafficking under Section 20A.02, Penal | ||
| Code. In adopting the minimum standards under this subsection, the | ||
| executive commissioner shall consider: | ||
| (1) the special circumstances and needs of victims of | ||
| trafficking of persons; and | ||
| (2) the role of the general residential operations in | ||
| assisting and supporting victims of trafficking of persons. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||