84R25477 SCL-F

By: Coleman H.B. No. 3474

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3474:

By: Romero, Jr. C.S.H.B. No. 3474

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to issues affecting counties and political subdivisions within counties.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. (a) In this section, "task force" means the Task Force to Study Population Growth in Texas established under this section.

(b) The Task Force to Study Population Growth in Texas is established for the purposes of assessing the effects of population growth on counties in this state relating to:

(1) housing;

(2) businesses;

(3) available land resources;

(4) the state's economy;

(5) health care services; and

(6) county jails.

(c) The task force is composed of the following nine members:

(1) three state or local officials appointed by the governor;

(2) three state or local officials appointed by the lieutenant governor; and

(3) three state or local officials appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.

(d) The members of the task force shall elect a presiding officer from among the membership.

(e) The offices of the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives shall provide staff support to the task force.

(f) The task force shall hold public hearings to achieve the purposes described by Subsection (b) of this section.

(g) A member of the task force is not entitled to receive compensation for service on the task force but is entitled to reimbursement of the travel expenses incurred by the member while conducting the business of the task force.

(h) The task force may accept gifts and grants from any source to be used to carry out a function of the task force.

(i) Not later than November 1, 2016, the task force shall submit a final report to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the appropriate standing committees of the legislature. The report shall include a summary and analysis of:

(1) hearings and studies conducted by the task force;

(2) legislation proposed by the task force; and

(3) other findings and recommendations made by the task force.

(j) Not later than December 1, 2015, the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives shall make the appointments to the task force as described under Subsection (c) of this section.

(k) The task force is abolished and this section expires August 31, 2017.

SECTION 2. Section 1001.201, Health and Safety Code, as added by Chapter 1306 (H.B. 3793), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is amended by adding Subdivisions (4) and (5) to read as follows:

(4) "School district employee" means a person employed by a school district who regularly interacts with students through the course of the person's duties, including an educator, a secretary, a school bus driver, or a cafeteria worker.

(5) "School resource officer" has the meaning assigned by Section 1701.601, Occupations Code.

SECTION 3. Subchapter H, Chapter 1001, Health and Safety Code, as added by Chapter 1306 (H.B. 3793), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is amended by adding Section 1001.2015 to read as follows:

Sec. 1001.2015. LIMITATION ON GRANTS. For each state fiscal year, the department may give to a local mental health authority in the form of grants under Sections 1001.202 and 1001.203 an amount that may not exceed the lesser of:

(1) three percent of the total amount appropriated to the department for making grants under those sections; or

(2) $70,000.

SECTION 4. Section 1001.202(b), Health and Safety Code, as added by Chapter 1306 (H.B. 3793), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is amended to read as follows:

(b) The [Except as provided by Subsection (c), the] department shall make each grant to a local mental health authority under this section in an amount equal to $1,000 times the number of employees or contractors of the authority whose training as mental health first aid trainers will be paid by the grant.

SECTION 5. Sections 1001.203(a) and (c), Health and Safety Code, as added by Chapter 1306 (H.B. 3793), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, are amended to read as follows:

(a) To the extent funds are appropriated to the department for that purpose, the department shall make grants to local mental health authorities to provide an approved mental health first aid training program, administered by mental health first aid trainers, at no cost to school district employees and school resource officers [educators].

(c) The [Subject to the limit provided by Subsection (b), out of the funds appropriated to the department for making grants under this section, the] department shall grant $100 to a local mental health authority for each school district employee or school resource officer [educator] who successfully completes a mental health first aid training program provided by the authority under this section.

SECTION 6. Subchapter H, Chapter 1001, Health and Safety Code, as added by Chapter 1306 (H.B. 3793), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is amended by adding Section 1001.2031 to read as follows:

Sec. 1001.2031. SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS FOR TRAINING CERTAIN EDUCATORS IN MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID. For each state fiscal year, the department may allocate any unobligated money appropriated for making grants under Sections 1001.202 and 1001.203 for supplemental grants. The department may give a supplemental grant to a local mental health authority that submits to the department a revised plan as provided under Section 1001.204 that demonstrates how the additional grant money would be used if made available to the authority.

SECTION 7. Section 1001.204(a), Health and Safety Code, as added by Chapter 1306 (H.B. 3793), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is amended to read as follows:

(a) Not later than July [October] 1 of each state fiscal year for which a local mental health authority will seek a grant from the department under Section 1001.203, the authority shall submit to the department a plan demonstrating the manner in which grants made to the authority under that section will be used:

(1) to train individuals in mental health first aid throughout the authority's local service area to maximize the number of children who have direct contact with an individual who has successfully completed a mental health first aid training program provided by the authority;

(2) to meet the greatest needs of the authority's local service area, as identified by the authority; and

(3) to complement existing resources and not duplicate established mental health first aid training efforts.

SECTION 8. Section 1001.205, Health and Safety Code, as added by Chapter 1306 (H.B. 3793), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 1001.205. REPORTS. (a) Not later than September 30 [July 1] of each year, a local mental health authority shall provide to the department the number of:

(1) employees and contractors of the authority who were trained as mental health first aid trainers under Section 1001.202 during the preceding fiscal year;

(2) educators, school district employees other than educators, and school resource officers who completed a mental health first aid training program offered by the authority under Section 1001.203 during the preceding fiscal [calendar] year; and

(3) individuals who are not school district employees or school resource officers [educators] who completed a mental health first aid training program offered by the authority during the preceding fiscal [calendar] year.

(b) Not later than December 1 [August 1] of each year, the department shall compile the information submitted by local mental health authorities as required by Subsection (a) and submit a report to the legislature containing the number of:

(1) authority employees and contractors trained as mental health first aid trainers during the preceding fiscal year;

(2) educators, school district employees other than educators, and school resource officers who completed a mental health first aid training program provided by an authority during the preceding fiscal [calendar] year; and

(3) individuals who are not school district employees or school resource officers [educators] who completed a mental health first aid training program provided by an authority during the preceding fiscal [calendar] year.

SECTION 9. Section 21.044(c-1), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:

(c-1) Any minimum academic qualifications for a certificate specified under Subsection (a) that require a person to possess a bachelor's degree must also require that the person receive, as part of the training required to obtain that certificate, instruction regarding mental health, substance abuse, and youth suicide. The instruction required must be provided through a program selected from the list of recommended best practice-based programs established under Section 161.325, Health and Safety Code [in detection of students with mental or emotional disorders].

SECTION 10. The following are repealed:

(1) Section 21.044(c-2), Education Code;

(2) Section 1001.202(c), Health and Safety Code, as added by Chapter 1306 (H.B. 3793), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013;

(3) Section 1001.203(b), Health and Safety Code, as added by Chapter 1306 (H.B. 3793), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013; and

(4) Section 250.006(b), Local Government Code.

SECTION 11. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.