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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 as a |
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condition of registration permit or license renewal for certain |
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health care practitioners. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. 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 and who |
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provides direct patient care. |
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Sec. 116.002. REQUIRED TRAINING COURSE ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING |
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PREVENTION FOR CERTAIN HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. (a) A health care |
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practitioner, other than a physician or nurse, within the time |
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prescribed by commission rule shall successfully complete a |
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training course approved by the executive commissioner on |
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identifying and assisting victims of human trafficking. |
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(b) The executive commissioner shall: |
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(1) approve training courses on human trafficking |
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prevention, including at least one course that is available without |
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charge; and |
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(2) post a list of the approved training courses on the |
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commission's Internet website. |
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(c) The executive commissioner shall update the list of |
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approved training courses described by Subsection (b) as necessary |
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and consider for approval training courses conducted by health care |
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facilities. |
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Sec. 116.003. TRAINING REQUIRED FOR LICENSE RENEWAL. A |
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health care practitioner, other than a physician or nurse, shall |
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successfully complete a training course described by Section |
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116.002 as a condition for renewal of a license issued to the health |
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care practitioner under this title. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 156, Occupations Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 156.060 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 156.060. CONTINUING EDUCATION IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING |
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PREVENTION. (a) A physician licensed under this subtitle who |
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submits an application for renewal of a registration permit and who |
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designates a direct patient care practice must complete, as part of |
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the hours of continuing medical education required for compliance |
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with Section 156.051(a)(2), a human trafficking prevention course |
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approved by the executive commissioner of the Health and Human |
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Services Commission under Section 116.002. |
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(b) The board shall designate the human trafficking |
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prevention course required by Subsection (a) as a medical ethics or |
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professional responsibility course for purposes of complying with |
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continuing medical education required by Section 156.051(a)(2). |
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(c) The board shall adopt rules to implement this section. |
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SECTION 3. Subchapter G, Chapter 301, Occupations Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 301.308 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 301.308. CONTINUING EDUCATION IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING |
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PREVENTION. (a) As part of a continuing competency program under |
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Section 301.303, a license holder who provides direct patient care |
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shall complete a human trafficking prevention course approved by |
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the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services |
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Commission under Section 116.002. |
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(b) The board shall adopt rules to implement this section. |
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SECTION 4. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human |
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Services Commission shall approve and post on the commission's |
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Internet website the list of approved human trafficking prevention |
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training courses and adopt rules necessary to implement Chapter |
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116, Occupations Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 5. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective |
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date of this Act, the applicable licensing agency shall provide |
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notice to a health care practitioner of the human trafficking |
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prevention training required under Chapter 116, Occupations Code, |
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as added by this Act. |
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(b) Notwithstanding Section 116.002, Occupations Code, as |
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added by this Act, a health care practitioner is not required to |
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comply with that section before September 1, 2020. |
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SECTION 6. Sections 156.060 and 301.308, Occupations Code, |
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as added by this Act, apply only to the renewal of a registration |
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permit to practice medicine or the renewal of a license to practice |
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nursing on or after September 1, 2020. The renewal of a |
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registration permit or license before that date is governed by the |
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law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and |
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the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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