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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the mental health first aid training program reporting |
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requirements. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1001.205, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1001.205. REPORTS. (a) Not later than September 30 of |
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each year, a local mental health authority shall provide to the |
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department the number of: |
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(1) employees and contractors of the authority who |
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were trained as mental health first aid trainers under Section |
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1001.202 during the preceding fiscal year, the number of trainers |
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who left the program for any reason during the preceding fiscal |
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year, and the number of active trainers; |
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(2) university employees, school district employees, |
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and school resource officers who completed a mental health first |
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aid training program offered by the authority under Section |
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1001.203 during the preceding fiscal year categorized by local |
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mental health authority region, school district, and category of |
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personnel; and |
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(3) individuals who are not university employees, |
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school district employees, or school resource officers who |
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completed a mental health first aid training program offered by the |
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authority during the preceding fiscal year. |
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(b) Not later than December 1 of each year, the department |
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shall compile the information submitted by local mental health |
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authorities as required by Subsection (a) and submit a report to the |
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legislature containing [the number of]: |
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(1) the number of authority employees and contractors |
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trained as mental health first aid trainers during the preceding |
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fiscal year, the number of trainers who left the program for any |
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reason during the preceding fiscal year, and the number of active |
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trainers; |
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(2) the number of university employees, school |
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district employees, and school resource officers who completed a |
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mental health first aid training program provided by an authority |
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during the preceding fiscal year categorized by local mental health |
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authority region, school district, and category of personnel; [and] |
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(3) the number of individuals who are not university |
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employees, school district employees, or school resource officers |
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who completed a mental health first aid training program provided |
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by an authority during the preceding fiscal year; and |
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(4) a detailed accounting of expenditures of money |
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appropriated for the purpose of implementing this subchapter. |
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SECTION 2. (a) Section 1001.205(a), Health and Safety |
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Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to a report due under |
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that subsection after September 30, 2019. A report due under that |
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subsection before that date is governed by the law in effect |
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immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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(b) Section 1001.205(b), Health and Safety Code, as amended |
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by this Act, applies only to a report due under that subsection |
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after December 1, 2019. A report due under that subsection before |
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that date is governed by the law in effect immediately before the |
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effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for |
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that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |