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Amend CSSB 103 (House committee printing) by adding the
following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and
renumbering the subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Human Resources
Code, is amended by adding Section 61.055 to read as follows:
Sec. 61.055. ZERO-TOLERANCE POLICY. The commission shall
adopt a zero-tolerance policy concerning the detection,
prevention, and punishment of the sexual abuse, including
consensual sexual contact, of children in the custody of the
commission.
(b) The commission shall establish standards for reporting
and collecting data on the sexual abuse of children in the custody
of the commission.
(c) The commission shall establish a procedure for children
in the custody of the commission and commission employees to report
incidents of sexual abuse involving a child in the custody of the
commission. The procedure must designate a person employed at the
commission facility in which the abuse is alleged to have occurred
as well as a person who is employed at the commission's headquarters
to whom a person may report an incident of sexual abuse.
(d) The commission shall prominently display the following
notice in the office of the chief administrator of each commission
facility, the employees' break room of each commission facility,
the cafeteria of each commission facility, and at least six
additional locations in each commission facility:
THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE HAS ADOPTED A ZERO-TOLERANCE POLICY
REGARDING THE SEXUAL ABUSE, INCLUDING CONSENSUAL SEXUAL CONTACT,
CONCERNING A CHILD IN THE CUSTODY OF THE COMMISSION. ANY SUCH
VIOLATION MUST BE REPORTED TO __________.