Bill Text: TX SB1089 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the certification of food service workers.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-12 - Effective immediately [SB1089 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1089-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1089 |
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relating to the certification of food service workers. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 438.046(b), (b-1), and (c), Health and | ||
Safety Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
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A food service worker trained in a course for the employees of a | ||
single entity is considered to have met a local health | ||
jurisdiction's training, [ |
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requirements only as to food service performed for that entity. | ||
(b-1) A food service worker trained in a food handler | ||
training course that is accredited by the American National | ||
Standards Institute or that is accredited by the department and | ||
listed with the registry is considered to have met a local health | ||
jurisdiction's training, testing, and permitting requirements. A | ||
local health jurisdiction may require a food establishment, as that | ||
term is defined by Section 438.101, to maintain on the premises of | ||
the food establishment a certificate of completion of the training | ||
course for employees of the food establishment. | ||
(c) A local health jurisdiction may not charge a fee or | ||
require or issue a local food handler card for a certificate issued | ||
to a food service worker who provides proof of completion of an | ||
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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, 2017. | ||
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President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1089 passed the Senate on | ||
April 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that | ||
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 25, 2017, by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1089 passed the House, with | ||
amendment, on May 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, | ||
Nays 0, two present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |