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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the inclusion of suicide prevention information on |
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certain student identification cards issued by a public school or |
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public institution of higher education. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 38, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 38.353 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 38.353. SUICIDE PREVENTION INFORMATION REQUIRED ON |
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CERTAIN STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARDS. Each student identification |
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card issued by a public school to a student in grade seven or |
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higher: |
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(1) must have printed on either side of the card the |
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telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline; and |
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(2) may have printed on either side of the card the |
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telephone number for: |
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(A) the Crisis Text Line; and |
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(B) a local suicide prevention hotline, if |
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available. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 51.91941 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.91941. SUICIDE PREVENTION INFORMATION REQUIRED ON |
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STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARD. (a) In this section, "institution of |
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higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. |
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(b) Each student identification card issued by an |
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institution of higher education: |
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(1) must have printed on either side of the card the |
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telephone number for: |
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(A) the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline; |
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and |
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(B) the campus police department or security for |
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the campus at which the student to whom the card is issued regularly |
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attends classes or, if the campus does not have a campus police |
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department or security, a local nonemergency police contact; and |
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(2) may have printed on either side of the card the |
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telephone number for: |
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(A) the Crisis Text Line; and |
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(B) a local suicide prevention hotline, if |
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available. |
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SECTION 3. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 38.353 and |
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51.91941, Education Code, as added by this Act, if, on January 1, |
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2022, a public school or a public institution of higher education |
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subject to the requirements of Section 38.353 or 51.91941, |
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Education Code, as applicable, has a supply of unissued student |
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identification cards that do not comply with the applicable |
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requirements of those sections, the public school or public |
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institution of higher education may issue those student |
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identification cards until the supply of cards is depleted. |
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(b) Sections 38.353 and 51.91941, Education Code, as added |
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by this Act, apply only to an initial or replacement student |
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identification card issued on or after June 1, 2022. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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