88R3864 JCG-D
 
  By: Paxton S.B. No. 533
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to training for peace officers on responding to and
  investigating child fatalities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1701.253, Occupations Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (q) to read as follows:
         (q)  As part of the minimum curriculum requirements, the
  commission shall require an officer to complete a training program
  on responding to and investigating child fatalities, including the
  protocols for reporting and investigating child fatalities
  developed under Subchapter F, Chapter 264, Family Code, the
  differences between sudden unexpected infant death and sudden
  infant death syndrome, and the relevant regulations applicable to
  child-care facilities.  An officer shall complete the program not
  later than the second anniversary of the date the officer is
  licensed under this chapter unless the officer completes the
  program as part of the officer's basic training course.
         SECTION 2.  Not later than January 1, 2024, the Texas
  Commission on Law Enforcement shall establish the training program
  required by Section 1701.253(q), Occupations Code, as added by this
  Act.
         SECTION 3.  Section 1701.253(q), Occupations Code, as added
  by this Act, applies only to a person who submits an application for
  a peace officer license under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, on or
  after January 1, 2024.  A person who submits an application for a
  peace officer license under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, before
  January 1, 2024, 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, 2023.