The bill amends the Health and Safety Code by adding new sections that establish flood safety requirements for youth camps, including the provision of life jackets and life rafts for campers. Specifically, Section 141.0091 mandates that youth camp operators provide a life jacket for each camper and life rafts with adequate capacity for the maximum number of campers in each cabin. The Department of State Health Services is tasked with monitoring compliance and reporting noncompliance on its website. Additionally, the bill includes a provision that allows youth camp operators to delay compliance with these requirements until January 1, 2029, if they were already operating on the bill's effective date.

Furthermore, the bill introduces a study on the costs associated with providing life jackets and life rafts for youth camps under Section 141.021, which must be completed by April 1, 2026. It also establishes a grant program under Section 141.022 to assist youth camp operators with 50% of the costs for equipping cabins with the required safety equipment, with a legislative appropriation of $10 million allocated for this purpose. Both the study and the grant program have expiration dates set for September 1, 2027, and September 1, 2031, respectively.

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