88R13011 MPF-D
 
  By: Thimesch H.B. No. 3501
 
 
 
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.  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 licensed under
  this chapter shall display in an area of the studio regularly
  accessible to the studio's employees a poster with information on
  recognizing potential victims of human trafficking and methods for
  assisting victims of human trafficking. The department shall
  develop and post on the department's Internet website the poster
  described by this subsection.
         SECTION 2.  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:
                     (A)  post on its Internet website the list of
  human trafficking prevention courses approved by the executive
  commissioner under Section 146.0075(b), Health and Safety Code, as
  added by this Act; and
                     (B)  develop and post on its Internet website the
  poster described by Section 146.0075(c), Health and Safety Code, as
  added by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  (a)  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.
         (b)  A tattoo studio or body piercing studio is not required
  to comply with Section 146.0075(c), Health and Safety Code, as
  added by this Act, before January 1, 2024.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.