TITLE: Relating to sexual assault and domestic violence awareness continuing education for cosmetology license holders.

SUMMARY: Relating to sexual assault and domestic violence awareness continuing education for cosmetology license holders.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to sexual assault and domestic violence awareness continuing education for cosmetology license holders. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 1602.354(c), Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows: (c) The commission shall require continuing education programs under this chapter to include information on: (1) activities commonly associated with human trafficking; (2) recognition of potential victims of human trafficking; [and] (3) methods for assisting victims of human trafficking, including how to report human trafficking;and (4) sexual assault and domestic violence awareness.SECTION 2. (a) Not later than March 1, 2020, the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation shall adopt rules to implement Section 1602.354(c), Occupations Code, as amended by this Act. (b) Section 1602.354(c), Occupations Code, as amended by this Act, and the rules adopted under Subsection (a) of this section apply only to a continuing education program provided on or after September 1, 2020. A continuing education program provided before that date is governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.