84R29832 JSC-D
By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 582
(Harless)
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 582: No.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to training courses for certain food handlers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 438.046, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) A food service worker trained in a food handler
training course accredited by the American National Standards
Institute is considered to have met a local health jurisdiction's
training, testing, and permitting requirements. A local health
jurisdiction may require a food establishment, as that term is
defined by Section 438.101, to maintain on the premises of the food
establishment a certificate of completion of the training course
for employees of the food establishment.
SECTION 2. 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.