83R9306 JSL-F
	By: Burkett	H.B. No. 2393

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to training for certain health and human services
	personnel to identify and assist victims of human trafficking.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 402.035(d), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(d)  The task force shall:
	(1)  collaborate, as needed to fulfill the duties of
	the task force, with:
	(A)  United States attorneys for the districts of
	Texas; and
	(B)  special agents or customs and border
	protection officers and border patrol agents of:
	(i)  the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
	(ii)  the United States Drug Enforcement
	Administration;
	(iii)  the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
	Firearms and Explosives;
	(iv)  the United States Immigration and
	Customs Enforcement Agency; or
	(v)  the United States Department of
	Homeland Security;
	(2)  collect, organize, and periodically publish
	statistical data on the nature and extent of human trafficking in
	this state;
	(3)  solicit cooperation and assistance from state and
	local governmental agencies, political subdivisions of the state,
	nongovernmental organizations, and other persons, as appropriate,
	for the purpose of collecting and organizing statistical data under
	Subdivision (2);
	(4)  ensure that each state or local governmental
	agency and political subdivision of the state that assists in the
	prevention of human trafficking collects statistical data related
	to human trafficking, including, as appropriate:
	(A)  the number of investigations concerning,
	arrests and prosecutions for, and convictions of:
	(i)  the offense of trafficking of persons;
	and
	(ii)  the offense of forgery or an offense
	under Chapter 43, Penal Code, if committed as part of a criminal
	episode involving the trafficking of persons;
	(B)  demographic information on persons who are
	convicted of offenses described by Paragraph (A) and persons who
	are the victims of those offenses;
	(C)  geographic routes by which human trafficking
	victims are trafficked and geographic patterns in human
	trafficking, including the country or state of origin and the
	country or state of destination;
	(D)  means of transportation and methods used by
	persons who engage in trafficking to transport their victims; and
	(E)  social and economic factors that create a
	demand for the labor or services that victims of human trafficking
	are forced to provide;
	(5)  work with the Commission on Law Enforcement
	Officer Standards and Education to develop and conduct training for
	law enforcement personnel, victim service providers, and medical
	service providers to identify victims of human trafficking;
	(6)  on the request of a judge of a county court, county
	court at law, or district court or a county attorney, district
	attorney, or criminal district attorney, assist and train the judge
	or the judge's staff or the attorney or the attorney's staff in the
	recognition and prevention of human trafficking;
	(7)  examine training protocols related to human
	trafficking issues, as developed and implemented by federal, state,
	and local law enforcement agencies;
	(8)  collaborate with state and local governmental
	agencies, political subdivisions of the state, and nongovernmental
	organizations to implement a media awareness campaign in
	communities affected by human trafficking;
	(9)  develop recommendations on how to strengthen state
	and local efforts to prevent human trafficking, protect and assist
	human trafficking victims, and prosecute human trafficking
	offenders; [and]
	(10)  examine the extent to which human trafficking is
	associated with the operation of sexually oriented businesses, as
	defined by Section 243.002, Local Government Code, and the
	workplace or public health concerns that are created by the
	association of human trafficking and the operation of sexually
	oriented businesses; and
	(11)  work with the Health and Human Services
	Commission and the Department of Family and Protective Services to
	develop and conduct training for commission and department
	personnel on identifying and assisting victims of human trafficking
	that includes instruction on:
	(A)  recognition of human trafficking indicators;
	(B)  methods for identification of children in
	foster care who may be at risk of becoming victims of human
	trafficking; and
	(C)  a referral process for identified human
	trafficking victims and individuals at risk of becoming victims.
	SECTION 2.  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, 2013.