88R13011 MPF-D
By: Thimesch H.B. No. 3501
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to required human trafficking prevention training and
disclosure of certain information about human trafficking by tattoo
and body piercing studios.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 146, Health and Safety Code, is amended
by adding Section 146.0075 to read as follows:
Sec. 146.0075. REQUIRED HUMAN TRAFFICKING TRAINING. (a)
Each employee of a tattoo studio or body piercing studio within the
time prescribed by rules adopted by the executive commissioner
shall complete a training course approved by the executive
commissioner on identifying and assisting victims of human
trafficking.
(b) The executive commissioner shall approve training
courses on human trafficking prevention, including at least one
course that is available without charge. The department shall post
the list of the approved training courses on the department's
Internet website.
(c) A tattoo studio or body piercing studio licensed under
this chapter shall display in an area of the studio regularly
accessible to the studio's employees a poster with information on
recognizing potential victims of human trafficking and methods for
assisting victims of human trafficking. The department shall
develop and post on the department's Internet website the poster
described by this subsection.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act:
(1) the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
Services Commission shall:
(A) approve human trafficking prevention
training courses as provided by Section 146.0075(b), Health and
Safety Code, as added by this Act; and
(B) adopt rules necessary to implement Section
146.0075, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act; and
(2) the Department of State Health Services shall:
(A) post on its Internet website the list of
human trafficking prevention courses approved by the executive
commissioner under Section 146.0075(b), Health and Safety Code, as
added by this Act; and
(B) develop and post on its Internet website the
poster described by Section 146.0075(c), Health and Safety Code, as
added by this Act.
SECTION 3. (a) An employee of a tattoo studio or body
piercing studio is not required to complete a training course as
required by Section 146.0075(a), Health and Safety Code, as added
by this Act, before January 1, 2024.
(b) A tattoo studio or body piercing studio is not required
to comply with Section 146.0075(c), Health and Safety Code, as
added by this Act, before January 1, 2024.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.