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1		-	By: Thompson of Harris, et al. H.B. No. 188
2		-	(Senate Sponsor - Menéndez)
3		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 20, 2015;
4		-	April 23, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
5		-	Criminal Justice; May 6, 2015, reported favorably by the following
6		-	vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 6, 2015, sent to printer.)
7		-	Click here to see the committee vote
	1	+	H.B. No. 188
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10		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
11	4		AN ACT
12	5		relating to the composition, duties, and continuation of the human
13	6		trafficking prevention task force.
14	7		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
15	8		SECTION 1. Sections 402.035(c), (d), and (h), Government
16	9		Code, are amended to read as follows:
17	10		(c) The task force is composed of the following:
18	11		(1) the governor or the governor's designee;
19	12		(2) the attorney general or the attorney general's
20	13		designee;
21	14		(3) the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
22	15		Services Commission or the executive commissioner's designee;
23	16		(4) the commissioner of the Department of Family and
24	17		Protective Services or the commissioner's designee;
25	18		(5) the commissioner of the Department of State Health
26	19		Services or the commissioner's designee;
27	20		(6) the public safety director of the Department of
28	21		Public Safety or the director's designee;
29	22		(7) one representative from each of the following
30	23		state agencies, appointed by the chief administrative officer of
31	24		the respective agency:
32	25		(A) the Texas Workforce Commission;
33	26		(B) the Texas Department of Criminal Justice;
34	27		(C) the Texas Juvenile Justice Department [Youth
35	28		Commission;
36	29		[(D) the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission];
37	30		and
38	31		(D) [(E)] the Texas Alcoholic Beverage
39	32		Commission; and
40	33		(8) as appointed by the attorney general:
41	34		(A) a chief public defender employed by a public
42	35		defender's office, as defined by Article 26.044(a), Code of
43	36		Criminal Procedure, or an attorney designated by the chief public
44	37		defender;
45	38		(B) an attorney representing the state;
46	39		(C) a representative of:
47	40		(i) a hotel and motel association;
48	41		(ii) a district and county attorneys
49	42		association; [and]
50	43		(iii) a state police association; and
51	44		(iv) a statewide medical association;
52	45		(D) representatives of sheriff's departments;
53	46		(E) representatives of local law enforcement
54	47		agencies affected by human trafficking; and
55	48		(F) representatives of nongovernmental entities
56	49		making comprehensive efforts to combat human trafficking by:
57	50		(i) identifying human trafficking victims;
58	51		(ii) providing legal or other services to
59	52		human trafficking victims;
60	53		(iii) participating in community outreach
61	54		or public awareness efforts regarding human trafficking;
62	55		(iv) providing or developing training
63	56		regarding the prevention of human trafficking; or
64	57		(v) engaging in other activities designed
65	58		to prevent human trafficking.
66	59		(d) The task force shall:
67	60		(1) collaborate, as needed to fulfill the duties of
68	61		the task force, with:
69	62		(A) United States attorneys for the districts of
70	63		Texas; and
71	64		(B) special agents or customs and border
72	65		protection officers and border patrol agents of:
73	66		(i) the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
74	67		(ii) the United States Drug Enforcement
75	68		Administration;
76	69		(iii) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
77	70		Firearms and Explosives;
78	71		(iv) United States Immigration and Customs
79	72		Enforcement; or
80	73		(v) the United States Department of
81	74		Homeland Security;
82	75		(2) collect, organize, and periodically publish
83	76		statistical data on the nature and extent of human trafficking in
84	77		this state, including data described by Subdivisions (4)(A), (B),
85	78		(C), (D), and (E);
86	79		(3) solicit cooperation and assistance from state and
87	80		local governmental agencies, political subdivisions of the state,
88	81		nongovernmental organizations, and other persons, as appropriate,
89	82		for the purpose of collecting and organizing statistical data under
90	83		Subdivision (2);
91	84		(4) ensure that each state or local governmental
92	85		agency and political subdivision of the state and each state or
93	86		local law enforcement agency, district attorney, or county attorney
94	87		that assists in the prevention of human trafficking collects
95	88		statistical data related to human trafficking, including, as
96	89		appropriate:
97	90		(A) the number of investigations concerning,
98	91		arrests and prosecutions for, and convictions of:
99	92		(i) the offense of trafficking of persons;
100	93		[and]
101	94		(ii) the offense of forgery or an offense
102	95		under Chapter 43, Penal Code, if the offense was committed as part
103	96		of a criminal episode involving the trafficking of persons; and
104	97		(iii) an offense punishable under Section
105	98		43.02(c)(3), Penal Code, regardless of whether the offense was
106	99		committed as part of a criminal episode involving the trafficking
107	100		of persons;
108	101		(B) demographic information on persons who are
109	102		convicted of offenses described by Paragraph (A) and persons who
110	103		are the victims of those offenses;
111	104		(C) geographic routes by which human trafficking
112	105		victims are trafficked, including routes by which victims are
113	106		trafficked across this state's international border, and
114	107		geographic patterns in human trafficking, including the country or
115	108		state of origin and the country or state of destination;
116	109		(D) means of transportation and methods used by
117	110		persons who engage in trafficking to transport their victims; and
118	111		(E) social and economic factors that create a
119	112		demand for the labor or services that victims of human trafficking
120	113		are forced to provide;
121	114		(5) work with the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement
122	115		[Officer Standards and Education] to develop and conduct training
123	116		for law enforcement personnel, victim service providers, and
124	117		medical service providers to identify victims of human trafficking;
125	118		(6) work with the Texas Education Agency, the
126	119		Department of Family and Protective Services, and the Health and
127	120		Human Services Commission to:
128	121		(A) develop a list of key indicators that a
129	122		person is a victim of human trafficking;
130	123		(B) develop a standardized curriculum for
131	124		training doctors, nurses, emergency medical services personnel,
132	125		teachers, school counselors, school administrators, and personnel
133	126		from the Department of Family and Protective Services and the
134	127		Health and Human Services Commission to identify and assist victims
135	128		of human trafficking;
136	129		(C) train doctors, nurses, emergency medical
137	130		services personnel, teachers, school counselors, school
138	131		administrators, and personnel from the Department of Family and
139	132		Protective Services and the Health and Human Services Commission to
140	133		identify and assist victims of human trafficking;
141	134		(D) develop and conduct training for personnel
142	135		from the Department of Family and Protective Services and the
143	136		Health and Human Services Commission on methods for identifying
144	137		children in foster care who may be at risk of becoming victims of
145	138		human trafficking; and
146	139		(E) develop a process for referring identified
147	140		human trafficking victims and individuals at risk of becoming
148	141		victims to appropriate entities for services;
149	142		(7) on the request of a judge of a county court, county
150	143		court at law, or district court or a county attorney, district
151	144		attorney, or criminal district attorney, assist and train the judge
152	145		or the judge's staff or the attorney or the attorney's staff in the
153	146		recognition and prevention of human trafficking;
154	147		(8) examine training protocols related to human
155	148		trafficking issues, as developed and implemented by federal, state,
156	149		and local law enforcement agencies;
157	150		(9) collaborate with state and local governmental
158	151		agencies, political subdivisions of the state, and nongovernmental
159	152		organizations to implement a media awareness campaign in
160	153		communities affected by human trafficking;
161	154		(10) develop recommendations on how to strengthen
162	155		state and local efforts to prevent human trafficking, protect and
163	156		assist human trafficking victims, and prosecute human trafficking
164	157		offenders; [and]
165	158		(11) examine the extent to which human trafficking is
166	159		associated with the operation of sexually oriented businesses, as
167	160		defined by Section 243.002, Local Government Code, and the
168	161		workplace or public health concerns that are created by the
169	162		association of human trafficking and the operation of sexually
170	163		oriented businesses; and
171	164		(12) develop recommendations for addressing the
172	165		demand for forced labor or services or sexual conduct involving
173	166		victims of human trafficking, including recommendations for
174	167		increased penalties for individuals who engage or attempt to engage
175	168		in prostitution with victims younger than 18 years of age.
176	169		(h) This section expires September 1, 2017 [2015].
177	170		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
178	171		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
179	172		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
180	173		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
181	174		Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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	175	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	176	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	177	+	I certify that H.B. No. 188 was passed by the House on April
	178	+	16, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	179	+	voting.
	180	+	______________________________
	181	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	182	+	I certify that H.B. No. 188 was passed by the Senate on May
	183	+	15, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	184	+	______________________________
	185	+	Secretary of the Senate
	186	+	APPROVED: _____________________
	187	+	Date
	188	+	_____________________
	189	+	Governor