Texas Health and Safety Code
§ 50.0155 — TRAFFICKED PERSONS GRANT PROGRAM
HS § 50.0155Title 2. HEALTH · Part B. HEALTH PROGRAMS · Ch. 50. SEX TRAFFICKING PREVENTION AND VICTIM TREATMENT PROGRAMS · Art. D. TRAFFICKED PERSONS GRANT PROGRAM
Statute text
View on source(a)The commission shall establish the trafficked persons grant program to provide grants to applicants for dedicated housing and treatment facilities provided to human trafficking victims.
(b)The commission by rule shall establish and publish on its Internet website eligibility criteria for grant recipients. The commission must develop the criteria using research-based best practices and require the recipient to provide:
(1)immediate trauma support to a human trafficking victim on the victim's initial rescue or recovery from trafficking;
(2)wraparound services to facilitate a continuity of care for human trafficking victims placed in the recipient's facility as assisted by:
(A)the Child Sex Trafficking Prevention Unit established under Section 772.0062, Government Code; or
(B)the governor's program for victims of child sex trafficking established under Section 772.0063, Government Code; and
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 704 (H.B. 2633), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.