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  | S.B.  No.  1402 |
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  | 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; [ |
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  |                                      (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)    [ |
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  | of Forensic Nurses Texas Chapter or the president's designee; | |
  |                          (9)  [ |
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  | organization described by Section 264.409, Family Code, or the | |
  | president's designee; | |
  |                          (10)  [ |
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  | coalition, as defined by Section 420.003, or the president's | |
  | designee; | |
  |                          (11)  [ |
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  | agency appointed by the steering committee described by Subsection | |
  | (c); | |
  |                          (12)  [ |
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  | 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)  [ |
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  | 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 [ |
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  |              (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) |