BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 3887 |
By: Coleman |
Public Education |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Interested parties suggest that expanding the training given to certain public school personnel to include recognizing signs of physical or emotional trauma will enhance educators' abilities to identify relevant symptoms and exercise the appropriate intervention on behalf of students. C.S.H.B. 3887 seeks to provide for that training.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
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ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 3887 amends the Health and Safety Code to require the programs on the list of recommended best practice-based programs in areas relating to mental health, substance abuse, and youth suicide for implementation in public elementary, junior high, middle, and high schools within the general education setting to include components that provide for training counselors, teachers, nurses, administrators, and other staff, as well as law enforcement officers and social workers who regularly interact with students, to recognize students displaying signs of physical or emotional trauma and to intervene effectively with those students by providing a certain written explanation regarding assistance to students who have learning difficulties or who need or may need special education services and by providing notice and referral to a parent or guardian so appropriate action, such as seeking mental health or substance abuse services, may be taken by the parent or guardian. The bill includes this training among the training required to be provided by each school district for appropriate personnel.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
September 1, 2017.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 3887 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and formatted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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