84R14352 JSC-D
 
  By: Riddle, Clardy, Bohac, H.B. No. 416
      Miller of Fort Bend, Cyrier, et al.
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 416:
 
  By:  Geren C.S.H.B. No. 416
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to requiring personnel of abortion facilities and certain
  other facilities performing abortions to complete training on human
  trafficking.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 171, Health and Safety Code, is amended
  by adding Subchapter E to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER E. EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS ON TRAFFICKING OF
  PERSONS FOR CERTAIN FACILITY PERSONNEL
         Sec. 171.081.  APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies to
  each person who:
               (1)  is employed by, volunteers at, or performs
  services under contract with:
                     (A)  an abortion facility licensed under Chapter
  245; or
                     (B)  an ambulatory surgical center licensed under
  Chapter 243 that performs more than 50 abortions in any 12-month
  period; and
               (2)  has direct contact with patients of the facility.
         Sec. 171.082.  EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS ON
  TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS. (a) The executive commissioner of the
  Health and Human Services Commission by rule shall develop a
  one-time basic education and training program on the trafficking of
  persons that:
               (1)  consists of at least four hours of training; and
               (2)  includes a review of the substance of Sections
  20A.02 and 43.05, Penal Code.
         (b)  The Department of State Health Services shall:
               (1)  provide the training program under Subsection (a);
  or
               (2)  approve training programs that meet the
  requirements of Subsection (a) and provide a list of those programs
  on the department's Internet website.
         (c)  The executive commissioner of the Health and Human
  Services Commission by rule shall require a person described by
  Section 171.081 to complete within a reasonable time after
  beginning work at the facility the basic education and training
  program described by Subsection (a).
         SECTION 2.  Not later than December 1, 2015, the executive
  commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall
  adopt the rules required by Section 171.082, Health and Safety
  Code, as added by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  A person described by Section 171.081, Health
  and Safety Code, as added by this Act, who is hired, begins
  volunteering, or begins providing services under contract before
  September 1, 2015, is not required to comply with Section 171.082,
  Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, before September 1,
  2016.
         SECTION 4.  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, 2015.