84R14352 JSC-D
By: Riddle, Clardy, Bohac, H.B. No. 416
Miller of Fort Bend, Cyrier, et al.
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 416:
By: Geren C.S.H.B. No. 416
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring personnel of abortion facilities and certain
other facilities performing abortions to complete training on human
trafficking.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 171, Health and Safety Code, is amended
by adding Subchapter E to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER E. EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS ON TRAFFICKING OF
PERSONS FOR CERTAIN FACILITY PERSONNEL
Sec. 171.081. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies to
each person who:
(1) is employed by, volunteers at, or performs
services under contract with:
(A) an abortion facility licensed under Chapter
245; or
(B) an ambulatory surgical center licensed under
Chapter 243 that performs more than 50 abortions in any 12-month
period; and
(2) has direct contact with patients of the facility.
Sec. 171.082. EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS ON
TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS. (a) The executive commissioner of the
Health and Human Services Commission by rule shall develop a
one-time basic education and training program on the trafficking of
persons that:
(1) consists of at least four hours of training; and
(2) includes a review of the substance of Sections
20A.02 and 43.05, Penal Code.
(b) The Department of State Health Services shall:
(1) provide the training program under Subsection (a);
or
(2) approve training programs that meet the
requirements of Subsection (a) and provide a list of those programs
on the department's Internet website.
(c) The executive commissioner of the Health and Human
Services Commission by rule shall require a person described by
Section 171.081 to complete within a reasonable time after
beginning work at the facility the basic education and training
program described by Subsection (a).
SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2015, the executive
commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall
adopt the rules required by Section 171.082, Health and Safety
Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. A person described by Section 171.081, Health
and Safety Code, as added by this Act, who is hired, begins
volunteering, or begins providing services under contract before
September 1, 2015, is not required to comply with Section 171.082,
Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, before September 1,
2016.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.