By: Thimesch, Thompson of Harris, H.B. No. 3501
      A. Johnson of Harris, Klick, Hull,
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to required human trafficking prevention training and
  disclosure of certain information about human trafficking by tattoo
  and body piercing studios.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 402.0351(a), Government Code, is amended
  by amending Subdivision (1) and adding Subdivision (1-a) to read as
  follows:
               (1)  "Body piercing studio" has the meaning assigned by
  Section 146.001, Health and Safety Code.
               (1-a)  "Cosmetology facility" means a person who holds
  a license to operate a facility or school under Chapter 1602,
  Occupations Code.
         SECTION 2.  Section 402.0351(a-1), Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a-1)  Except as provided by Subsection (a-3), a person who
  operates any of the following entities shall post at the entity the
  sign prescribed under Subsection (b), or, if applicable, a similar
  sign or notice as prescribed by other state law:
               (1)  an entity permitted or licensed under Chapter 25,
  26, 28, 32, 69, or 71, Alcoholic Beverage Code, other than an entity
  holding a food and beverage certificate;
               (2)  a cosmetology facility;
               (3)  a hospital;
               (4)  a massage establishment;
               (5)  a massage school;
               (6)  a sexually oriented business;
               (7)  a tattoo studio; [or]
               (8)  a transportation hub; or
               (9)  a body piercing studio.
         SECTION 3.  Chapter 146, Health and Safety Code, is amended
  by adding Section 146.0075 to read as follows:
         Sec. 146.0075.  REQUIRED HUMAN TRAFFICKING TRAINING. (a)  
  Each employee of a tattoo studio or body piercing studio within the
  time prescribed by rules adopted by the executive commissioner
  shall complete a training course approved by the executive
  commissioner on identifying and assisting victims of human
  trafficking.
         (b)  The executive commissioner shall approve training
  courses on human trafficking prevention, including at least one
  course that is available without charge. The department shall post
  the list of the approved training courses on the department's
  Internet website.
         (c)  A tattoo studio or body piercing studio shall post signs
  relating to human trafficking as required by Section 402.0351,
  Government Code.
         SECTION 4.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
  of this Act:
               (1)  the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
  Services Commission shall:
                     (A)  approve human trafficking prevention
  training courses as provided by Section 146.0075(b), Health and
  Safety Code, as added by this Act; and
                     (B)  adopt rules necessary to implement Section
  146.0075, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act; and
               (2)  the Department of State Health Services shall post
  on its Internet website the list of human trafficking prevention
  courses approved by the executive commissioner of the Health and
  Human Services Commission under Section 146.0075(b), Health and
  Safety Code, as added by this Act.
         SECTION 5.  An employee of a tattoo studio or body piercing
  studio is not required to complete a training course as required by
  Section 146.0075(a), Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act,
  before January 1, 2024.
         SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.