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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, Occupations Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) The commission shall require the continuing education |
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programs under Subsection (a) to include information, approved by |
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or acceptable to the commission, on sexual assault and domestic |
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violence awareness. A license holder subject to Subsection (a) who |
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is also a peace officer licensed under Chapter 1701, or an educator |
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certified under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, is exempt |
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from the portion of continuing education described by this |
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subsection. The commission may waive the requirement that a |
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license holder participate in the portion of continuing education |
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described by this subsection if: |
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(1) the commission determines that completion of the |
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requirement will cause the person substantial financial hardship; |
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(2) the person is serving in the United States armed |
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forces; or |
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(3) the person is incapacitated due to illness. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter I, Chapter 1602, Occupations Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 1602.408 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1602.408. IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY. A person who has |
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completed the portion of continuing education described by Section |
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1602.354(c), or that person's employer, is immune from civil and |
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criminal liability for reporting, in good faith, information |
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obtained during the course and scope of the person's employment |
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that relates to a potential act of sexual assault or domestic |
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violence. |
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SECTION 3. (a) Not later than March 1, 2018, the Texas |
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Commission of Licensing and Regulation shall adopt rules to |
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implement Section 1602.354, Occupations Code, as amended by this |
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Act. |
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(b) Section 1602.354, Occupations Code, as amended by this |
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Act, applies only to the renewal of a license or certificate that |
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expires on or after September 1, 2018. The renewal of a license or |
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certificate that expires before that date is governed by the law in |
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effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |