Bill Text: TX HB2620 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a task force on domestic violence.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB2620 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2620-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2620 |
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relating to the creation of a task force on domestic violence. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 32, Health and Safety Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subchapter C to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER C. TASK FORCE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | ||
Sec. 32.061. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "task force" | ||
means the task force on domestic violence. | ||
Sec. 32.062. ESTABLISHMENT; PRESIDING OFFICER. (a) The | ||
task force is composed of 25 members appointed by the executive | ||
commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission as | ||
follows: | ||
(1) four representatives of family violence centers, | ||
as defined by Section 51.002, Human Resources Code, from different | ||
geographic regions in this state, including both rural and urban | ||
areas; | ||
(2) one representative of a statewide family violence | ||
advocacy organization; | ||
(3) one representative of a statewide association of | ||
obstetricians and gynecologists; | ||
(4) two representatives of the family and community | ||
health programs in the Department of State Health Services; | ||
(5) one representative of a statewide sexual assault | ||
advocacy organization; | ||
(6) one representative of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission Texas Home Visiting Program; | ||
(7) one representative of a statewide association of | ||
midwifery; | ||
(8) one representative of a statewide family | ||
physician's association; | ||
(9) one representative of a statewide nursing | ||
association; | ||
(10) one representative of a statewide hospital | ||
association; | ||
(11) one representative of a statewide pediatric | ||
medical association; | ||
(12) one representative of a statewide medical | ||
association; | ||
(13) one representative of The University of Texas | ||
School of Social Work Institute on Domestic Violence and Sexual | ||
Assault; | ||
(14) one representative of The University of Texas | ||
School of Law Domestic Violence Clinic; | ||
(15) one representative of the governor's EMS and | ||
Trauma Advisory Council; | ||
(16) one representative of a Department of Family and | ||
Protective Services prevention and early intervention program; | ||
(17) one representative of a statewide osteopathic | ||
medical association; | ||
(18) one representative of a statewide association of | ||
community health centers; | ||
(19) one representative of the office of the attorney | ||
general; | ||
(20) one representative from a medical school or a | ||
teaching hospital in the state who is either an attending physician | ||
of the hospital or a faculty member of the medical school; and | ||
(21) one representative of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission's Family Violence Program. | ||
(b) The executive commissioner of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission shall appoint a task force member to serve as | ||
presiding officer of the task force. | ||
Sec. 32.063. DUTIES OF TASK FORCE. The task force shall | ||
meet at the call of the presiding officer to: | ||
(1) examine the impact of domestic violence on | ||
maternal and infant mortality, the health of mothers, and the | ||
health and development of fetuses, infants, and children; | ||
(2) identify the health care services available to | ||
children age two and younger and mothers and explore opportunities | ||
for improving the ability of those services to address domestic | ||
violence; | ||
(3) identify methods to effectively include domestic | ||
violence information and support in educational standards for | ||
educators and protocols for health care providers; and | ||
(4) investigate and make recommendations relating to | ||
the coordination of health care services for children age two and | ||
younger and pregnant and postpartum women who are victims of | ||
domestic violence, including recommendations for improving early | ||
screening and detection and public awareness efforts. | ||
Sec. 32.064. REPORT. Not later than September 1, 2015, the | ||
task force shall submit a report to the governor, the lieutenant | ||
governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the | ||
presiding officers of the standing committees of the legislature | ||
having primary jurisdiction over health and human services, the | ||
executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission, | ||
and the commissioner of state health services containing: | ||
(1) the findings and legislative, policy, and research | ||
recommendations of the task force; and | ||
(2) a description of the activities of the task force. | ||
Sec. 32.065. EXPIRATION. The task force is abolished and | ||
this subchapter expires January 1, 2016. | ||
SECTION 2. 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. 2620 was passed by the House on May 2, | ||
2013, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 3, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 2620 on May 24, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 118, Nays 25, | ||
2 present, not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2620 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |