Bill Text: TX HB2725 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the confidentiality of certain records maintained by a victims of trafficking shelter center and the creation of minimum standards for certain facilities that provide services to victims of trafficking.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB2725 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2725-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2725 |
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relating to the confidentiality of certain records maintained by a | ||
victims of trafficking shelter center and the creation of minimum | ||
standards for certain facilities that provide services to victims | ||
of trafficking. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 552.138, Government Code, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 552.138. EXCEPTION: CONFIDENTIALITY OF FAMILY | ||
VIOLENCE SHELTER CENTER, VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING SHELTER CENTER, AND | ||
SEXUAL ASSAULT PROGRAM INFORMATION. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 552.138(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subdivision (3) to read as follows: | ||
(3) "Victims of trafficking shelter center" means: | ||
(A) a program that: | ||
(i) is operated by a public or private | ||
nonprofit organization; and | ||
(ii) provides comprehensive residential | ||
and nonresidential services to persons who are victims of | ||
trafficking under Section 20A.02, Penal Code; or | ||
(B) a child-placing agency, as defined by Section | ||
42.002, Human Resources Code, that provides services to persons who | ||
are victims of trafficking under Section 20A.02, Penal Code. | ||
SECTION 3. Sections 552.138(b) and (c), Government Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) Information maintained by a family violence shelter | ||
center, victims of trafficking shelter center, or sexual assault | ||
program is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if it | ||
is information that relates to: | ||
(1) the home address, home telephone number, or social | ||
security number of an employee or a volunteer worker of a family | ||
violence shelter center, victims of trafficking shelter center, or | ||
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worker complies with Section 552.024; | ||
(2) the location or physical layout of a family | ||
violence shelter center or victims of trafficking shelter center; | ||
(3) the name, home address, home telephone number, or | ||
numeric identifier of a current or former client of a family | ||
violence shelter center, victims of trafficking shelter center, or | ||
sexual assault program; | ||
(4) the provision of services, including counseling | ||
and sheltering, to a current or former client of a family violence | ||
shelter center, victims of trafficking shelter center, or sexual | ||
assault program; | ||
(5) the name, home address, or home telephone number | ||
of a private donor to a family violence shelter center, victims of | ||
trafficking shelter center, or sexual assault program; or | ||
(6) the home address or home telephone number of a | ||
member of the board of directors or the board of trustees of a | ||
family violence shelter center, victims of trafficking shelter | ||
center, or sexual assault program, regardless of whether the board | ||
member complies with Section 552.024. | ||
(c) A governmental body may redact information maintained | ||
by a family violence shelter center, victims of trafficking shelter | ||
center, or sexual assault program that may be withheld under | ||
Subsection (b)(1) or (6) from any information the governmental body | ||
discloses under Section 552.021 without the necessity of requesting | ||
a decision from the attorney general under Subchapter G. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 42.042, Human Resources Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (g-2) to read as follows: | ||
(g-2) The executive commissioner by rule shall adopt | ||
minimum standards that apply to general residential operations that | ||
provide comprehensive residential and nonresidential services to | ||
persons who are victims of trafficking under Section 20A.02, Penal | ||
Code. In adopting the minimum standards under this subsection, the | ||
executive commissioner shall consider: | ||
(1) the special circumstances and needs of victims of | ||
trafficking of persons; and | ||
(2) the role of the general residential operations in | ||
assisting and supporting victims of trafficking of persons. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2725 was passed by the House on April | ||
25, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 2725 on May 20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, | ||
2 present, not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2725 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays | ||
0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |