Bill Text: TX HB4372 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
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-Enrolled.html
| 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 an individual who was | ||
| convicted of an act of sexual abuse, as defined by Section 21.02, | ||
| Penal Code, that occurred at 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 by the camp for an act of sexual abuse, as defined by | ||
| Section 21.02, Penal Code, that occurred at 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 INFORMATION ABOUT ABUSE REPORTING. | ||
| A youth camp operator shall develop and maintain a written policy | ||
| regarding the method for reporting to the department suspected | ||
| abuse occurring at the camp. The operator on request of any person | ||
| shall provide a copy of the policy to the person. | ||
| 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 link to the | ||
| youth camp program web page on the department's Internet website. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 4372 was passed by the House on May | ||
| 10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 7, 2 present, not | ||
| voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
| No. 4372 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 1, | ||
| 2 present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 4372 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
| 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
