86R2621 TSR-D
 
  By: Rodríguez S.B. No. 1382
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to sexual assault and domestic violence awareness
  continuing education for cosmetology license holders.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1602.354, Occupations Code, is amended
  by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (d) and (e) to
  read as follows:
         (c)  The commission shall require continuing education
  programs under this chapter to include information on:
               (1)  activities commonly associated with human
  trafficking;
               (2)  recognition of potential victims of human
  trafficking; [and]
               (3)  methods for assisting victims of human
  trafficking, including how to report human trafficking; and
               (4)  sexual assault and domestic violence awareness.
         (d)  A license holder subject to Subsection (a) who is also a
  peace officer licensed under Chapter 1701, or an educator certified
  under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, is exempt from the
  portion of continuing education described by Subsection (c)(4).
         (e)  The commission may waive the requirement that a license
  holder participate in the portion of continuing education described
  by Subsection (c)(4) if:
               (1)  the commission determines that completion of the
  requirement will cause the person substantial financial hardship;
               (2)  the person is serving in the United States armed
  forces; or
               (3)  the person is incapacitated due to illness.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter I, Chapter 1602, Occupations Code, is
  amended by adding Section 1602.409 to read as follows:
         Sec. 1602.409.  IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY. A person who has
  completed the portion of continuing education described by Section
  1602.354(c)(4), or that person's employer, is immune from civil and
  criminal liability for reporting, in good faith, information
  obtained during the course and scope of the person's employment
  that relates to a potential act of sexual assault or domestic
  violence.
         SECTION 3.  (a) Not later than March 1, 2020, the Texas
  Commission of Licensing and Regulation shall adopt rules to
  implement Section 1602.354, Occupations Code, as amended by this
  Act.
         (b)  Section 1602.354, Occupations Code, as amended by this
  Act, applies only to the renewal of a license or certificate that
  expires on or after September 1, 2020. The renewal of a license or
  certificate that expires before that date is governed by the law in
  effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the
  former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.