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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 for |
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health care practitioners and certain employees of health care |
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facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 4, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Chapter 226 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 226. TRAINING COURSE ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION |
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Sec. 226.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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(1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services |
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Commission. |
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(2) "Executive commissioner" means the executive |
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commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission. |
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(3) "Health care facility" means a facility licensed |
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under Subtitle B. |
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(4) "Health care practitioner" means an individual who |
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holds a license, certificate, permit, or other authorization issued |
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under Title 3, Occupations Code, to engage in a health care |
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profession and who provides direct patient care. |
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Sec. 226.002. REQUIRED TRAINING COURSE ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING |
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PREVENTION. (a) A health care facility shall require each health |
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care practitioner who is employed by the facility within the time |
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prescribed by commission rule to successfully complete a training |
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course approved by the commission on identifying and assisting |
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victims of human trafficking. |
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(b) The executive commissioner shall approve and make |
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available to each health care facility a training course on human |
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trafficking prevention that uses the standardized curriculum |
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created by the human trafficking prevention task force under |
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Section 402.035(d)(6), Government Code, as that section existed on |
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January 1, 2019, or a substantially similar curriculum selected by |
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the commission. |
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Sec. 226.003. DISCIPLINARY ACTION. The commission or other |
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appropriate regulatory agency or governmental body that regulates a |
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health care facility subject to this chapter may bring disciplinary |
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action against a facility that violates this chapter or a rule |
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adopted under this chapter. |
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SECTION 2. Subtitle A, Title 3, Occupations Code, is |
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amended by adding Chapter 116 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 116. TRAINING COURSE ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION |
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Sec. 116.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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(1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services |
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Commission. |
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(2) "Executive commissioner" means the executive |
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commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission. |
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(3) "Health care practitioner" means an individual who |
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holds a license, certificate, permit, or other authorization issued |
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under this title to engage in a health care profession. |
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Sec. 116.002. REQUIRED TRAINING COURSE ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING |
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PREVENTION. (a) A health care practitioner and each employee of |
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the practitioner within the time prescribed by commission rule |
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shall successfully complete a training course approved by the |
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commission on identifying and assisting victims of human |
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trafficking. |
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(b) The executive commissioner shall approve and make |
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available to each health care practitioner a training course on |
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human trafficking prevention that uses the standardized curriculum |
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created by the human trafficking prevention task force under |
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Section 402.035(d)(6), Government Code, as that section existed on |
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January 1, 2019, or a substantially similar curriculum selected by |
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the commission. |
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Sec. 116.003. TRAINING REQUIRED FOR LICENSE RENEWAL. A |
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health care practitioner shall successfully complete the training |
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course described by Section 116.002 as a condition of renewal of a |
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license issued to the health care practitioner under this title. |
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SECTION 3. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective |
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date of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human |
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Services Commission shall approve and make available the required |
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human trafficking prevention training course and adopt rules |
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necessary to implement Chapter 226, Health and Safety Code, and |
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Chapter 116, Occupations Code, as added by this Act. |
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(b) Notwithstanding Section 226.002, Health and Safety |
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Code, and Section 116.002, Occupations Code, as added by this Act, a |
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health care facility or health care practitioner is not required to |
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comply with those sections before September 1, 2020. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |