H.B. No. 2725

	AN ACT
	relating to the confidentiality of certain records maintained by a
	victims of trafficking shelter center and the creation of minimum
	standards for certain facilities that provide services to victims
	of trafficking.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 552.138, Government Code,
	is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 552.138.  EXCEPTION: CONFIDENTIALITY OF FAMILY
	VIOLENCE SHELTER CENTER, VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING SHELTER CENTER, AND
	SEXUAL ASSAULT PROGRAM INFORMATION.
	SECTION 2.  Section 552.138(a), Government Code, is amended
	by adding Subdivision (3) to read as follows:
	(3)  "Victims of trafficking shelter center" means:
	(A)  a program that:
	(i)  is operated by a public or private
	nonprofit organization; and
	(ii)  provides comprehensive residential
	and nonresidential services to persons who are victims of
	trafficking under Section 20A.02, Penal Code; or
	(B)  a child-placing agency, as defined by Section
	42.002, Human Resources Code, that provides services to persons who
	are victims of trafficking under Section 20A.02, Penal Code.
	SECTION 3.  Sections 552.138(b) and (c), Government Code,
	are amended to read as follows:
	(b)  Information maintained by a family violence shelter
	center, victims of trafficking shelter center, or sexual assault
	program is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if it
	is information that relates to:
	(1)  the home address, home telephone number, or social
	security number of an employee or a volunteer worker of a family
	violence shelter center, victims of trafficking shelter center, or
	[a] sexual assault program, regardless of whether the employee or
	worker complies with Section 552.024;
	(2)  the location or physical layout of a family
	violence shelter center or victims of trafficking shelter center;
	(3)  the name, home address, home telephone number, or
	numeric identifier of a current or former client of a family
	violence shelter center, victims of trafficking shelter center, or
	sexual assault program;
	(4)  the provision of services, including counseling
	and sheltering, to a current or former client of a family violence
	shelter center, victims of trafficking shelter center, or sexual
	assault program;
	(5)  the name, home address, or home telephone number
	of a private donor to a family violence shelter center, victims of
	trafficking shelter center, or sexual assault program; or
	(6)  the home address or home telephone number of a
	member of the board of directors or the board of trustees of a
	family violence shelter center, victims of trafficking shelter
	center, or sexual assault program, regardless of whether the board
	member complies with Section 552.024.
	(c)  A governmental body may redact information maintained
	by a family violence shelter center, victims of trafficking shelter
	center, or sexual assault program that may be withheld under
	Subsection (b)(1) or (6) from any information the governmental body
	discloses under Section 552.021 without the necessity of requesting
	a decision from the attorney general under Subchapter G.
	SECTION 4.  Section 42.042, Human Resources Code, is amended
	by adding Subsection (g-2) to read as follows:
	(g-2)  The executive commissioner by rule shall adopt
	minimum standards that apply to general residential operations that
	provide comprehensive residential and nonresidential services to
	persons who are victims of trafficking under Section 20A.02, Penal
	Code.  In adopting the minimum standards under this subsection, the
	executive commissioner shall consider:
	(1)  the special circumstances and needs of victims of
	trafficking of persons; and
	(2)  the role of the general residential operations in
	assisting and supporting victims of trafficking of persons.
	SECTION 5.  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, 2013.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2725 was passed by the House on April
	25, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 136, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
	No. 2725 on May 20, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 147, Nays 0,
	2 present, not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2725 was passed by the Senate, with
	amendments, on May 17, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays
	0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date
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	Governor