Bill Text: TX HB4372 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to youth camp abuse complaints and compliance orders.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB4372 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4372-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to youth camp abuse complaints and compliance orders.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB4372 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4372-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Murphy, Parker | H.B. No. 4372 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4372: | |||
By: Meza | C.S.H.B. No. 4372 |
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relating to youth camp abuse complaints and compliance orders. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 141, Health and Safety Code, is amended | ||
by adding Sections 141.0051 and 141.0085 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 141.0051. LICENSE; CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN | ||
CONVICTIONS. In making a determination on issuance, renewal, or | ||
revocation of a youth camp operator's license, the department shall | ||
consider whether the youth camp employs or formerly employed an | ||
individual who was convicted of an act of sexual abuse, as defined | ||
by Section 21.02, Penal Code, arising from the individual's | ||
employment with the camp. | ||
Sec. 141.0085. REPORTS OF ABUSE; DUTIES OF YOUTH CAMP | ||
OPERATOR. (a) The executive commissioner by rule shall establish a | ||
procedure for the department to forward a report of alleged abuse of | ||
a camper that is received by the department to the Department of | ||
Family and Protective Services or another appropriate agency. | ||
(b) If a law enforcement agency notifies a youth camp | ||
operator of the investigation or conviction of an individual who is | ||
employed or was formerly employed by the camp for an act of sexual | ||
abuse, as defined by Section 21.02, Penal Code, and the | ||
investigation or conviction arises from the individual's | ||
employment with the camp, the operator shall: | ||
(1) immediately notify the department of the | ||
investigation or conviction; and | ||
(2) retain all records related to the investigation or | ||
conviction until the department notifies the camp that the record | ||
retention is no longer required. | ||
SECTION 2. Chapter 141, Health and Safety Code, is amended | ||
by adding Sections 141.0111 and 141.0112 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 141.0111. REQUIRED NOTICE ABOUT ABUSE REPORTING. (a) | ||
A youth camp operator shall provide notice to the public regarding | ||
the method for reporting to the department suspected abuse | ||
occurring at the youth camp. The operator must provide the notice | ||
by: | ||
(1) posting a conspicuous sign in at least one | ||
prominent location at the youth camp that is accessible to the | ||
public; | ||
(2) posting the information on the youth camp's | ||
publicly accessible Internet website; and | ||
(3) on request, making a written copy of the | ||
information available to a person. | ||
(b) The department shall prescribe the content of the notice | ||
required by Subsection (a). | ||
Sec. 141.0112. REQUIRED NOTICE ABOUT YOUTH CAMP COMPLAINTS | ||
AND DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS. (a) The department shall post on the | ||
department's Internet website each youth camp compliance order | ||
issued by the department until at least the third anniversary of the | ||
date the compliance order was finally adjudicated. | ||
(b) A youth camp operator shall include on the camp's | ||
publicly accessible Internet website a clearly marked direct link | ||
to the web page on the department's Internet website on which the | ||
department posts youth camp compliance orders issued by the | ||
department. | ||
SECTION 3. Not later than December 1, 2019, the Department | ||
of State Health Services shall prescribe the content of the notice | ||
to the public as required by Section 141.0111, Health and Safety | ||
Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. Notwithstanding Sections 141.0085, 141.0111, | ||
and 141.0112, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, a youth | ||
camp operator is not required to comply with those sections until | ||
January 1, 2020. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |