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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a study on the safety of Texas swim schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: |
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(1) "Commission" means the Texas Health and Human |
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Services Commission. |
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(1) "Swim School" means a business that provides swim |
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instruction and employs at least three individuals on a full or |
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part-time basis whose responsibilities include providing in water |
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swimming instructions to students. |
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(2) "Student" means a child who is six years of age or |
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younger and receives instruction at a Swim School. |
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SECTION 2. STUDY REGARDING SWIM SCHOOL SAFETY. |
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(a) The Commission shall conduct a study to assess the current |
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safety of Swim Schools in the state of Texas. |
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(b) In conducting the study, the Commission shall consider: |
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(1) The frequency of which an incident involving |
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serious injury or death to a Student occurs at Texas Swim Schools; |
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(2) current safety measures deployed by operators of |
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Texas Swim Schools; |
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(3) any other issues that the Commission determines |
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are relevant to assessing the current safety of Texas Swim schools. |
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SECTION 3. REPORT TO LEGISLATURE. Not later than December |
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2, 2022, the Commission shall submit a report to each member of the |
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Legislature that includes the results of the study conducted under |
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Section 2 of this Act and any recommendations of the Commission |
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related to the study. |
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SECTION 4. EXPIRATION. This Act expires September 1, 2023. |
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SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect |
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immediately if it receives a vote of two thirds of all the members |
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elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas |
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Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for |
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immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |