The bill would prohibit the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) from issuing or renewing a license for a youth camp unless the youth camp operator provides to DSHS documentation showing the camp complies with certain emergency safety requirements. The bill would require the executive commissioner of the Health and Services Commission (HHSC) to adopt rules necessary to implement the emergency safety requirements and would authorize the executive commissioner to adopt rules prescribing qualifications and training required for an individual to be a youth camp's emergency preparedness supervisor, a designation that would be required by the bill.
This analysis assumes that DSHS would need additional staff to promulgate rules relating to the emergency safety requirements and review related documentation provided by youth camps, but the number of additional staff and the specific class titles needed for those functions are unknown. It is assumed that costs to HHSC would be insignificant.
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.