| 1 | | - | By: Craddick (Senate Sponsor - Perry) H.B. No. 492 |
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| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2017; |
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| 3 | | - | May 8, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Health & |
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| 4 | | - | Human Services; May 17, 2017, reported favorably by the following |
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| 5 | | - | vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 17, 2017, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 1 | + | H.B. No. 492 |
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| 10 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 5 | | relating to a waiver for certain programs from youth camp |
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| 12 | 6 | | licensing. |
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| 13 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 141, Health and Safety Code, is amended |
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| 15 | 9 | | by adding Section 141.0025 to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 10 | | Sec. 141.0025. WAIVER; APPEAL. (a) The department may |
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| 17 | 11 | | grant a waiver from the requirements of this chapter to a program |
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| 18 | 12 | | that: |
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| 19 | 13 | | (1) is sponsored by a religious organization as |
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| 20 | 14 | | defined by Section 464.051; |
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| 21 | 15 | | (2) has been in operation for at least 30 consecutive |
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| 22 | 16 | | years; |
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| 23 | 17 | | (3) operates one camp for not more than seven days in |
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| 24 | 18 | | any year; |
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| 25 | 19 | | (4) has not more than 80 campers; |
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| 26 | 20 | | (5) is conducted by adult participants who are all |
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| 27 | 21 | | volunteers; |
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| 28 | 22 | | (6) operates in a county with a population of at least |
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| 29 | 23 | | 4,400 but not more than 4,750; and |
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| 30 | 24 | | (7) ensures that background checks are conducted on |
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| 31 | 25 | | and the training required under Section 141.0095 is completed by |
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| 32 | 26 | | each adult participating in the program. |
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| 33 | 27 | | (b) A waiver granted by the department under Subsection (a) |
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| 34 | 28 | | is valid until the waiver is revoked for cause by the department. |
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| 35 | 29 | | (c) A person who operates a program for which an application |
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| 36 | 30 | | for a waiver under this section has been denied or for which a |
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| 37 | 31 | | waiver under this section has been revoked may appeal the action in |
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| 38 | 32 | | the manner provided for appeal of contested cases under Chapter |
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| 39 | 33 | | 2001, Government Code. |
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| 40 | 34 | | SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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| 41 | 35 | | of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human |
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| 42 | 36 | | Services Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement |
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| 43 | 37 | | Section 141.0025, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 44 | 38 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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| 39 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 40 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 41 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 492 was passed by the House on May 4, |
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| 42 | + | 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 1, 2 present, not |
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| 43 | + | voting. |
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| 44 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 45 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 46 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 492 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 47 | + | 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 48 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 49 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 50 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 51 | + | Date |
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| 52 | + | _____________________ |
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| 53 | + | Governor |
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