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| 5 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 9 | | relating to sexual assault and domestic violence awareness |
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| 8 | 10 | | continuing education for cosmetology license holders. |
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| 9 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 1602.354(c), Occupations Code, is |
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| 11 | 13 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 14 | | (c) The commission shall require continuing education |
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| 13 | 15 | | programs under this chapter to include information on: |
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| 14 | 16 | | (1) activities commonly associated with human |
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| 15 | 17 | | trafficking; |
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| 16 | 18 | | (2) recognition of potential victims of human |
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| 17 | 19 | | trafficking; [and] |
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| 18 | 20 | | (3) methods for assisting victims of human |
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| 19 | 21 | | trafficking, including how to report human trafficking; and |
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| 20 | 22 | | (4) sexual assault and domestic violence awareness. |
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| 21 | 23 | | SECTION 2. (a) Not later than March 1, 2020, the Texas |
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| 22 | 24 | | Commission of Licensing and Regulation shall adopt rules to |
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| 23 | 25 | | implement Section 1602.354(c), Occupations Code, as amended by this |
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| 24 | 26 | | Act. |
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| 25 | 27 | | (b) Section 1602.354(c), Occupations Code, as amended by |
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| 26 | 28 | | this Act, and the rules adopted under Subsection (a) of this section |
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| 27 | 29 | | apply only to a continuing education program provided on or after |
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| 28 | 30 | | September 1, 2020. A continuing education program provided before |
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| 29 | 31 | | that date is governed by the law in effect immediately before the |
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| 30 | 32 | | effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in |
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| 31 | 33 | | effect for that purpose. |
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| 32 | 34 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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