Bill Text: TX HB3501 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to required human trafficking prevention training and disclosure of certain information about human trafficking by tattoo and body piercing studios.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-10 - Referred to Health & Human Services [HB3501 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3501-Engrossed.html
| By: Thimesch, Thompson of Harris, | H.B. No. 3501 | |
| A. Johnson of Harris, Klick, Hull, | ||
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| 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. Section 402.0351(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
| by amending Subdivision (1) and adding Subdivision (1-a) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (1) "Body piercing studio" has the meaning assigned by | ||
| Section 146.001, Health and Safety Code. | ||
| (1-a) "Cosmetology facility" means a person who holds | ||
| a license to operate a facility or school under Chapter 1602, | ||
| Occupations Code. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 402.0351(a-1), Government Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a-1) Except as provided by Subsection (a-3), a person who | ||
| operates any of the following entities shall post at the entity the | ||
| sign prescribed under Subsection (b), or, if applicable, a similar | ||
| sign or notice as prescribed by other state law: | ||
| (1) an entity permitted or licensed under Chapter 25, | ||
| 26, 28, 32, 69, or 71, Alcoholic Beverage Code, other than an entity | ||
| holding a food and beverage certificate; | ||
| (2) a cosmetology facility; | ||
| (3) a hospital; | ||
| (4) a massage establishment; | ||
| (5) a massage school; | ||
| (6) a sexually oriented business; | ||
| (7) a tattoo studio; [ |
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| (8) a transportation hub; or | ||
| (9) a body piercing studio. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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 shall post signs | ||
| relating to human trafficking as required by Section 402.0351, | ||
| Government Code. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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 post | ||
| on its Internet website the list of human trafficking prevention | ||
| courses approved by the executive commissioner of the Health and | ||
| Human Services Commission under Section 146.0075(b), Health and | ||
| Safety Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 5. 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. | ||
| SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
