Texas HB446 establishes workplace heat illness prevention standards, creates an advisory board, and provides penalties and private cause of action.

Texas HB446 creates a heat illness prevention advisory board to assist the Texas Workforce Commission in adopting workplace heat illness prevention standards. The advisory board includes experts, construction workers, an employer, a nonprofit representative, and a labor union representative. The commission must adopt standards consistent with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's criteria, including provisions for drinking water, shade, restrooms, emergency response, acclimatization, and training.

Texas HB446 establishes workplace heat illness prevention standards, creates an advisory board, and provides penalties and private cause of action.

Texas HB446 creates a heat illness prevention advisory board to assist the Texas Workforce Commission in adopting workplace heat illness prevention standards. The advisory board includes experts, construction workers, an employer, a nonprofit representative, and a labor union representative. The commission must adopt standards consistent with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's criteria, including provisions for drinking water, shade, restrooms, emergency response, acclimatization, and training.