Bill Text: TX HB1113 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to state contract limitations and programs for sex trafficking prevention and victim treatment.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-21 - Placed on intent calendar [HB1113 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1113-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to state contract limitations and programs for sex trafficking prevention and victim treatment.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-21 - Placed on intent calendar [HB1113 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1113-Introduced.html
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By: Davis of Harris | H.B. No. 1113 |
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relating to state contract limitations and programs for sex | ||
trafficking prevention and victim treatment. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 2155.077, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (a-3) to read as follows: | ||
(a-3) The comptroller shall bar a vendor from participating | ||
in state contracts that are subject to this subtitle, including | ||
contracts for which purchasing authority is delegated to a state | ||
agency, if the vendor has taken an action that directly supports or | ||
promotes human trafficking. | ||
SECTION 2. Subtitle B, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Chapter 50 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 50. SEX TRAFFICKING PREVENTION AND VICTIM TREATMENT | ||
PROGRAMS | ||
SUBCHAPTER A. TREATMENT PROGRAM FOR VICTIMS OF CHILD SEX | ||
TRAFFICKING | ||
Sec. 50.0001. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: | ||
(1) "Child sex trafficking" has the meaning assigned | ||
by Section 772.0062, Government Code. | ||
(2) "Program" means the treatment program for victims | ||
of child sex trafficking established under this subchapter. | ||
Sec. 50.0002. ESTABLISHMENT; PURPOSE. The commission, in | ||
collaboration with the institution designated under Section | ||
50.0003 and the Child Sex Trafficking Prevention Unit established | ||
under Section 772.0062, Government Code, shall establish a program | ||
to improve the quality and accessibility of care for victims of | ||
child sex trafficking in this state. | ||
Sec. 50.0003. DESIGNATION OF INSTITUTION; OPERATION OF | ||
PROGRAM. (a) The commission shall designate a health-related | ||
institution of higher education to operate the program. | ||
(b) The designated institution shall improve the quality | ||
and accessibility of care for victims of child sex trafficking by: | ||
(1) dedicating a unit at the institution to provide or | ||
contract for inpatient care for victims of child sex trafficking; | ||
(2) dedicating a unit at the institution to provide or | ||
contract for outpatient care for victims of child sex trafficking; | ||
(3) creating opportunities for research and workforce | ||
expansion related to treatment of victims of child sex trafficking; | ||
and | ||
(4) assisting other health-related institutions of | ||
higher education in this state to establish similar programs. | ||
Sec. 50.0004. FUNDING. In addition to money appropriated | ||
by the legislature, the designated institution may accept gifts, | ||
grants, and donations from any public or private person for the | ||
purpose of carrying out the program. | ||
Sec. 50.0005. RULES. The executive commissioner shall | ||
adopt rules necessary to implement this subchapter. | ||
SUBCHAPTER B. MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM FOR MUNICIPAL SEX TRAFFICKING | ||
PREVENTION PROGRAMS | ||
Sec. 50.0051. ESTABLISHMENT OF MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM. The | ||
commission shall establish and administer a matching grant program | ||
that awards grants to provide initial money to establish municipal | ||
sex trafficking prevention programs in this state. | ||
Sec. 50.0052. APPLICATION. (a) A municipality may apply to | ||
the commission in the form and manner prescribed by the commission | ||
for a matching grant under this subchapter for the municipality's | ||
sex trafficking prevention program. To qualify for a grant, an | ||
applicant must: | ||
(1) develop a media campaign and appoint a municipal | ||
employee to oversee the program; | ||
(2) provide proof that the applicant is able to obtain | ||
or secure municipal money in an amount at least equal to the amount | ||
of the awarded grant; and | ||
(3) in collaboration with a local institution of | ||
higher education, create and submit a needs assessment that | ||
outlines: | ||
(A) the prevalence of sex trafficking crimes in | ||
the municipality; | ||
(B) strategies for reducing the number of sex | ||
trafficking crimes in the municipality; and | ||
(C) the program's need for state funding to | ||
supplement the municipal funding. | ||
(b) The commission shall review applications for a matching | ||
grant submitted under this section and award matching grants to | ||
each municipality that demonstrates in the application the most | ||
effective strategies for reducing the number of sex trafficking | ||
crimes in the municipality and the greatest need for state funding. | ||
(c) The commission may provide a grant under Subsection (b) | ||
only in accordance with a contract between the commission and the | ||
municipality. The contract must include provisions under which the | ||
commission is granted sufficient control to ensure the public | ||
purpose of sex trafficking prevention is accomplished and the state | ||
receives the return benefit. | ||
Sec. 50.0053. FUNDING. In addition to money appropriated | ||
by the legislature, the commission may solicit and accept gifts, | ||
grants, or donations from any source to administer and finance the | ||
matching grant program established under this subchapter. | ||
SUBCHAPTER C. SEX TRAFFICKING PREVENTION GRANT PROGRAM FOR LOCAL | ||
LAW ENFORCEMENT | ||
Sec. 50.0101. ESTABLISHMENT OF GRANT PROGRAM. (a) The | ||
office of the governor, in collaboration with the Child Sex | ||
Trafficking Prevention Unit established under Section 772.0062, | ||
Government Code, shall establish and administer a grant program | ||
that awards grants to local law enforcement agencies to train local | ||
law enforcement officers to recognize signs of sex trafficking. | ||
(b) A local law enforcement agency may apply to the office | ||
of the governor in the form and manner prescribed by the office for | ||
a grant under this section. | ||
(c) The office of the governor may provide a grant under | ||
Subsection (b) only in accordance with a contract between the | ||
office and the local law enforcement agency. The contract must | ||
include provisions under which the office is granted sufficient | ||
control to ensure the public purpose of sex trafficking prevention | ||
is accomplished and the state receives the return benefit. | ||
Sec. 50.0102. FUNDING. In addition to money appropriated | ||
by the legislature, the office of the governor may solicit and | ||
accept gifts, grants, or donations from any source to administer | ||
and finance the grant program established under this subchapter. | ||
SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act: | ||
(1) the executive commissioner of the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission shall adopt rules as necessary to implement | ||
Subchapters A and B, Chapter 50, Health and Safety Code, as added by | ||
this Act; and | ||
(2) the governor shall adopt rules as necessary to | ||
implement Subchapter C, Chapter 50, Health and Safety Code, as | ||
added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 2155.077, Government Code, as amended by | ||
this Act, applies only to a contract entered into on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |