88(R) SB 1402 - Enrolled version - Bill Text
 
 
  S.B.  No.  1402
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the composition, continuation, and duties of the Sexual
  Assault Survivors' Task Force, compensation for task force members
  and certain other task force participants, and establishment of a
  mandatory training program for persons responding to reports of and
  treating survivors of child sexual abuse and adult sexual assault.
               BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
               SECTION  1.    Section 772.0064, Government Code, is amended by
  amending Subsections (d) and (m) and adding Subsection (n) to read
  as follows:
               (d)    The task force is composed of the following members:
                           (1)    the governor or the governor's designee;
                           (2)    a representative of each state agency that has
  duties relating to the prevention, investigation, or prosecution of
  sexual assault or other sex offenses or provides services to
  survivors, including:
                                       (A)    the office of the attorney general; [and]
                                       (B)    the Health and Human Services Commission; and
                                       (C)    the Department of Family and Protective
  Services;
                           (3)    the executive director of the Texas Commission on
  Law Enforcement or the executive director's designee;
                           (4)    the presiding officer of the Texas Forensic
  Science Commission or the presiding officer's designee;
                           (5)    the division director of the law enforcement
  support division of the Texas Department of Public Safety with
  authority over the Crime Laboratory Service or the division
  director's designee;
                           (6)    the president of the Texas Association of Crime
  Laboratory Directors or the president's designee;
                           (7)    the president of the Texas District and County
  Attorney's Association or the president's designee;
                           (8)    [the president of the Texas Society of
  Pathologists or the president's designee;
                           [(9)]    the president of the International Association
  of Forensic Nurses Texas Chapter or the president's designee;
                           (9)  [(10)]    the president of the statewide
  organization described by Section 264.409, Family Code, or the
  president's designee;
                           (10)  [(11)]    the president of the state sexual assault
  coalition, as defined by Section 420.003, or the president's
  designee;
                           (11)  [(12)]    a representative from a law enforcement
  agency appointed by the steering committee described by Subsection
  (c);
                           (12)  [(13)]    a sexual assault nurse examiner appointed
  by the steering committee described by Subsection (c) to represent
  the interests of health care facilities that perform sexual assault
  forensic exams;
                           (13)    an adult survivor of child sexual abuse or the
  parent or guardian of a survivor of child sexual abuse;
                           (14)    a survivor of adult sexual assault; and
                           (15)  [(14)]    other members considered appropriate by
  the steering committee described by Subsection (c).
               (m)    Chapter 2110 does not apply to the composition or
  duration of the task force or to the designation of the task force's
  presiding officer [This section expires September 1, 2023].
               (n)    A task force member who is not employed by a state agency
  or an individual invited by the governor to participate in
  scheduled task force meetings is entitled to:
                           (1)    a per diem in the amount provided by the General
  Appropriations Act for each day the member performs duties as a task
  force member or the individual attends a task force meeting; and  
                           (2)    reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses
  incurred in performing duties as a member or participant of the task
  force, as applicable.  
 

Statutes affected:
Introduced: Government Code 772.0064, Occupations Code 1701.253 (Government Code 772, Occupations Code 1701)
Senate Committee Report: Government Code 772.0064, Occupations Code 1701.253 (Government Code 772, Occupations Code 1701)
Engrossed: Government Code 772.0064, Occupations Code 1701.253 (Government Code 772, Occupations Code 1701)
House Committee Report: Government Code 772.0064, Occupations Code 1701.253 (Government Code 772, Occupations Code 1701)
Enrolled: Government Code 772.0064, Health and Safety Code 323.0045, Occupations Code 1701.253 (Health and Safety Code 323, Government Code 772, Occupations Code 1701)