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1		-	H.B. No. 2059
	1	+	By: Blanco (Senate Sponsor - Taylor) H.B. No. 2059
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 13, 2019;
	3	+	May 14, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Health &
	4	+	Human Services; May 20, 2019, reported favorably by the following
	5	+	vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 20, 2019, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	9	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	10		AN ACT
5	11		relating to required human trafficking prevention training as a
6	12		condition of registration permit or license renewal for certain
7	13		health care practitioners.
8	14		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	15		SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 3, Occupations Code, is
10	16		amended by adding Chapter 116 to read as follows:
11	17		CHAPTER 116. TRAINING COURSE ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION
12	18		Sec. 116.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
13	19		(1) "Commission" means the Health and Human Services
14	20		Commission.
15	21		(2) "Executive commissioner" means the executive
16	22		commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.
17	23		(3) "Health care practitioner" means an individual who
18	24		holds a license, certificate, permit, or other authorization issued
19	25		under this title to engage in a health care profession and who
20	26		provides direct patient care.
21	27		Sec. 116.002. REQUIRED TRAINING COURSE ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING
22	28		PREVENTION FOR CERTAIN HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. (a) A health care
23	29		practitioner, other than a physician or nurse, within the time
24	30		prescribed by commission rule shall successfully complete a
25	31		training course approved by the executive commissioner on
26	32		identifying and assisting victims of human trafficking.
27	33		(b) The executive commissioner shall:
28	34		(1) approve training courses on human trafficking
29	35		prevention, including at least one course that is available without
30	36		charge; and
31	37		(2) post a list of the approved training courses on the
32	38		commission's Internet website.
33	39		(c) The executive commissioner shall update the list of
34	40		approved training courses described by Subsection (b) as necessary
35	41		and consider for approval training courses conducted by health care
36	42		facilities.
37	43		Sec. 116.003. TRAINING REQUIRED FOR LICENSE RENEWAL. A
38	44		health care practitioner, other than a physician or nurse, shall
39	45		successfully complete a training course described by Section
40	46		116.002 as a condition for renewal of a license issued to the health
41	47		care practitioner under this title.
42	48		SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 156, Occupations Code, is
43	49		amended by adding Section 156.060 to read as follows:
44	50		Sec. 156.060. CONTINUING EDUCATION IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING
45	51		PREVENTION. (a) A physician licensed under this subtitle who
46	52		submits an application for renewal of a registration permit and who
47	53		designates a direct patient care practice must complete, as part of
48	54		the hours of continuing medical education required for compliance
49	55		with Section 156.051(a)(2), a human trafficking prevention course
50	56		approved by the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
51	57		Services Commission under Section 116.002.
52	58		(b) The board shall designate the human trafficking
53	59		prevention course required by Subsection (a) as a medical ethics or
54	60		professional responsibility course for purposes of complying with
55	61		continuing medical education required by Section 156.051(a)(2).
56	62		(c) The board shall adopt rules to implement this section.
57	63		SECTION 3. Subchapter G, Chapter 301, Occupations Code, is
58	64		amended by adding Section 301.308 to read as follows:
59	65		Sec. 301.308. CONTINUING EDUCATION IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING
60	66		PREVENTION. (a) As part of a continuing competency program under
61	67		Section 301.303, a license holder who provides direct patient care
62	68		shall complete a human trafficking prevention course approved by
63	69		the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services
64	70		Commission under Section 116.002.
65	71		(b) The board shall adopt rules to implement this section.
66	72		SECTION 4. As soon as practicable after the effective date
67	73		of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
68	74		Services Commission shall approve and post on the commission's
69	75		Internet website the list of approved human trafficking prevention
70	76		training courses and adopt rules necessary to implement Chapter
71	77		116, Occupations Code, as added by this Act.
72	78		SECTION 5. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective
73	79		date of this Act, the applicable licensing agency shall provide
74	80		notice to a health care practitioner of the human trafficking
75	81		prevention training required under Chapter 116, Occupations Code,
76	82		as added by this Act.
77	83		(b) Notwithstanding Section 116.002, Occupations Code, as
78	84		added by this Act, a health care practitioner is not required to
79	85		comply with that section before September 1, 2020.
80	86		SECTION 6. Sections 156.060 and 301.308, Occupations Code,
81	87		as added by this Act, apply only to the renewal of a registration
82	88		permit to practice medicine or the renewal of a license to practice
83	89		nursing on or after September 1, 2020. The renewal of a
84	90		registration permit or license before that date is governed by the
85	91		law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and
86	92		the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
87	93		SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
88		-	______________________________ ______________________________
89		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
90		-	I certify that H.B. No. 2059 was passed by the House on May
91		-	10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 7, 2 present, not
92		-	voting.
93		-	______________________________
94		-	Chief Clerk of the House
95		-	I certify that H.B. No. 2059 was passed by the Senate on May
96		-	22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
97		-	______________________________
98		-	Secretary of the Senate
99		-	APPROVED: _____________________
100		-	Date
101		-	_____________________
102		-	Governor
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