HB 265

Events over the July 4, 2025, holiday weekend highlighted the need for the state to ensure that youth camps licensed by the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) follow health and safety standards and procedures to protect the health and safety of youth campers. The bill author has informed the committee that, currently, there is no explicit requirement in the Texas Youth Camp Safety and Health Act that a youth camp operator conduct background checks nor is there an explicit requirement in the act for first aid training or training on cardiopulmonary resuscitation for youth camp staff. Moreover, the bill author has informed the committee that the youth camp advisory committee, which is required by the act to make recommendations to the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission on the rules regulating youth camps, is composed of