H.B. No. 1272

	AN ACT
	relating to the continuation and duties of the Human Trafficking
	Prevention Task Force.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 402.035, Government Code, is amended by
	adding Subsections (b-1) and (g-1) and amending Subsections (d) and
	(h) to read as follows:
	(b-1)  A state or local law enforcement agency, district
	attorney, or county attorney that assists in the prevention of
	human trafficking shall, at the request of the task force,
	cooperate and assist the task force in collecting any statistical
	data on the nature and extent of human trafficking in the possession
	of the law enforcement agency or district or county attorney.
	(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, including data described by Subdivisions (4)(A), (B),
	(C), (D), and (E);
	(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 and each state or
	local law enforcement agency, district attorney, or county attorney
	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, including routes by which victims are
	trafficked across this state's international border, 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)  work with the Texas Education Agency, the
	Department of Family and Protective Services, and the Health and
	Human Services Commission to:
	(A)  develop a list of key indicators that a
	person is a victim of human trafficking;
	(B)  develop a standardized curriculum for
	training doctors, nurses, emergency medical services personnel,
	teachers, school counselors, school administrators, and personnel
	from the Department of Family and Protective Services and the
	Health and Human Services Commission to identify and assist victims
	of human trafficking;
	(C)  train doctors, nurses, emergency medical
	services personnel, teachers, school counselors, school
	administrators, and personnel from the Department of Family and
	Protective Services and the Health and Human Services Commission to
	identify and assist victims of human trafficking;
	(D)  develop and conduct training for personnel
	from the Department of Family and Protective Services and the
	Health and Human Services Commission on methods for identifying
	children in foster care who may be at risk of becoming victims of
	human trafficking; and
	(E)  develop a process for referring identified
	human trafficking victims and individuals at risk of becoming
	victims to appropriate entities for services;
	(7)  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;
	(8) [(7)]  examine training protocols related to human
	trafficking issues, as developed and implemented by federal, state,
	and local law enforcement agencies;
	(9) [(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;
	(10) [(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
	(11) [(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.
	(g-1)  In this section, "emergency medical services
	personnel" has the meaning assigned by Section 773.003, Health and
	Safety Code.
	(h)  This section expires September 1, 2015 [2013].
	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.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1272 was passed by the House on April
	11, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
	No. 1272 on May 16, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 0,
	2 present, not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1272 was passed by the Senate, with
	amendments, on May 14, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
	0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date
	__________________
	Governor