By: Lucio S.B. No. 1683     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to food allergen awareness in food service establishments.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 437, Health and Safety Code, is amended   by adding Section 437.024 to read as follows:          Sec. 437.024.  FOOD ALLERGEN AWARENESS. (a)  A food service   establishment shall display a poster relating to food allergen   awareness in an area of the establishment accessible primarily to   employees of the establishment.  The department shall determine the   form and content of the poster and post a sample poster on the   department's Internet website.          (b)  A food service establishment may display the   information from the sample poster in lieu of the poster, provided   that the information is presented and posted in a manner that is   easily readable by the establishment's employees in the selected   employee area.          (c)  The poster or posted information must include   information regarding:                (1)  the risk of an allergic reaction;                 (2)  the eight major food allergens, including milk,   wheat, eggs, soy, shellfish, peanuts, tree nuts, and fish; and                (3)  methods for preventing cross-contamination in   food preparation.          (d)  The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary   to implement this section.           (e)  This section does not create a private cause of action   or change any common law or statutory duty.          SECTION 2.  Not later than December 1, 2017:                (1)  the Department of State Health Services shall   determine the form and content of the poster and post the sample   poster on the department's Internet website as required by Section   437.024, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act; and                (2)  the executive commissioner of the Health and Human   Services Commission shall adopt any rules necessary to implement   Section 437.024, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act.          SECTION 3.  Notwithstanding Section 437.024, Health and   Safety Code, as added by this Act, a food service establishment is   not required to comply with that section before January 1, 2018.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.