| 1 | 1 | | 86R2621 TSR-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: RodrÃguez S.B. No. 1382 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to sexual assault and domestic violence awareness |
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| 8 | 8 | | continuing education for cosmetology license holders. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 1602.354, Occupations Code, is amended |
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| 11 | 11 | | by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (d) and (e) to |
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| 12 | 12 | | read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (c) The commission shall require continuing education |
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| 14 | 14 | | programs under this chapter to include information on: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) activities commonly associated with human |
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| 16 | 16 | | trafficking; |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2) recognition of potential victims of human |
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| 18 | 18 | | trafficking; [and] |
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| 19 | 19 | | (3) methods for assisting victims of human |
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| 20 | 20 | | trafficking, including how to report human trafficking; and |
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| 21 | 21 | | (4) sexual assault and domestic violence awareness. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (d) A license holder subject to Subsection (a) who is also a |
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| 23 | 23 | | peace officer licensed under Chapter 1701, or an educator certified |
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| 24 | 24 | | under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, is exempt from the |
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| 25 | 25 | | portion of continuing education described by Subsection (c)(4). |
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| 26 | 26 | | (e) The commission may waive the requirement that a license |
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| 27 | 27 | | holder participate in the portion of continuing education described |
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| 28 | 28 | | by Subsection (c)(4) if: |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) the commission determines that completion of the |
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| 30 | 30 | | requirement will cause the person substantial financial hardship; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) the person is serving in the United States armed |
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| 32 | 32 | | forces; or |
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| 33 | 33 | | (3) the person is incapacitated due to illness. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter I, Chapter 1602, Occupations Code, is |
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| 35 | 35 | | amended by adding Section 1602.409 to read as follows: |
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| 36 | 36 | | Sec. 1602.409. IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY. A person who has |
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| 37 | 37 | | completed the portion of continuing education described by Section |
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| 38 | 38 | | 1602.354(c)(4), or that person's employer, is immune from civil and |
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| 39 | 39 | | criminal liability for reporting, in good faith, information |
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| 40 | 40 | | obtained during the course and scope of the person's employment |
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| 41 | 41 | | that relates to a potential act of sexual assault or domestic |
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| 42 | 42 | | violence. |
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| 43 | 43 | | SECTION 3. (a) Not later than March 1, 2020, the Texas |
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| 44 | 44 | | Commission of Licensing and Regulation shall adopt rules to |
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| 45 | 45 | | implement Section 1602.354, Occupations Code, as amended by this |
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| 46 | 46 | | Act. |
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| 47 | 47 | | (b) Section 1602.354, Occupations Code, as amended by this |
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| 48 | 48 | | Act, applies only to the renewal of a license or certificate that |
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| 49 | 49 | | expires on or after September 1, 2020. The renewal of a license or |
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| 50 | 50 | | certificate that expires before that date is governed by the law in |
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| 51 | 51 | | effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the |
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| 52 | 52 | | former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 53 | 53 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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