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This bill enhances emergency preparedness and safety requirements for youth camps in Texas by mandating several new provisions for camp operators. Specifically, camps must now demonstrate they are not located in flood plains, maintain personal flotation devices and emergency radios, and install comprehensive warning systems that integrate with the National Weather Service and local emergency networks. Camps are required to develop detailed written emergency preparedness plans that cover evacuation procedures, muster points, emergency equipment locations, medical service notifications, and active shooter response protocols. The bill also requires camps to designate an emergency preparedness supervisor responsible for implementing safety protocols, conducting multiple evacuation and safety drills each year, and maintaining emergency equipment. Additionally, camps must provide their emergency plan to local emergency response agencies, notify these agencies weekly about camp occupancy, and share the emergency plan with campers and their parents before each camp session. The executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission is tasked with adopting rules to implement these new requirements, with the law taking effect 91 days after the legislative session ends.

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