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AN ACT
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relating to requiring certain public institutions of higher |
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education to post information regarding mental health resources on |
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the institution's Internet website. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 51.9193 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.9193. REQUIRED POSTING OF MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES. |
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(a) In this section, "local mental health authority" has the |
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meaning assigned by Section 531.002, Health and Safety Code. |
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(b) This section applies only to a general academic teaching |
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institution, medical and dental unit, public junior college, public |
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state college, or public technical institute as those terms are |
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defined by Section 61.003. |
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(c) Each institution to which this section applies shall |
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create a web page on the institution's Internet website dedicated |
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solely to information regarding the mental health resources |
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available to students at the institution. The web page must include |
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the address of the nearest local mental health authority. |
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SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, each public institution of higher education to which |
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Section 51.9193, Education Code, as added by this Act, applies |
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shall post on its Internet website the information required by that |
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section. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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______________________________ |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 197 was passed by the House on April |
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9, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 3, 2 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 197 on May 21, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 1, 1 |
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present, not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 197 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 20, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |