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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to emergency evacuation instruction and notice |
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requirements for youth camps. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 141.009, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 141.009. STANDARDS. (a) The executive commissioner |
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by rule shall establish health and safety standards for youth |
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camps. The standards may relate to: |
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(1) adequate and proper supervision at all times of |
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camp activities; |
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(2) qualifications for directors, supervisors, and |
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staff and sufficient numbers of those persons; |
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(3) proper safeguards for sanitation and public |
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health; |
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(4) adequate medical services for personal health and |
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first aid; |
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(5) proper procedures for food preparation, handling, |
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and mass feeding; |
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(6) healthful and sufficient water supply; |
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(7) proper waste disposal; |
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(8) proper water safety procedures for swimming pools, |
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lakes, and waterways; |
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(9) safe boating equipment; |
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(10) proper maintenance and safe use of motor |
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vehicles; |
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(11) safe buildings and physical facilities; |
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(12) proper fire precautions; |
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(13) safe and proper recreational and other equipment; |
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(14) proper regard for density and use of the |
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premises; and |
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(15) records of criminal convictions of camp |
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personnel. |
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(b) In establishing health and safety standards under |
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Subsection (a), the executive commissioner by rule shall require a |
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youth camp to: |
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(1) post on or near all interior doors of each camp |
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building that provides overnight accommodations to campers, at a |
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height easily visible to campers and camp staff, an emergency |
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evacuation and relocation map identifying: |
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(A) the shortest and easiest route for campers |
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and camp staff from the building to a safe meeting point that |
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provides shelter in an emergency; |
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(B) an alternative route from the building to the |
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meeting point in the event the route described by Paragraph (A) is |
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unavailable due to the emergency; and |
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(C) the location of emergency equipment; and |
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(2) provide instruction to all campers and camp staff |
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before the first overnight stay of a camping session on: |
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(A) the routes to the camp's safe meeting point; |
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(B) the location of the camp's emergency |
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equipment; |
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(C) the location of the camp's emergency |
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evacuation and relocation maps; and |
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(D) implementation and use of the emergency |
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evacuation and relocation maps. |
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SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human |
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Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement |
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Section 141.009, Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the |
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legislative session. |