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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 program training and |
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reporting. |
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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 |
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of 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) educators, school district employees other than |
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educators, and school resource officers who completed a mental |
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health first aid training program offered by the authority under |
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Section 1001.203 during the preceding fiscal year categorized by |
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local mental health authority region, school district, and category |
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of personnel; and |
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(3) individuals who are not school district employees |
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or school resource officers who completed a mental health first aid |
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training program offered by the authority during the preceding |
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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 educators, school district employees |
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other than educators, 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 school |
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district employees or 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; 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. Subchapter H, Chapter 1001, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 1001.207 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1001.207. PROGRAM PROMOTION. (a) The commission shall |
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make available on its official Internet website information about |
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the Mental Health First Aid Training Program for the purpose of |
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promoting public awareness of the program. An electronic link to an |
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outside source of information is not sufficient. |
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(b) The Texas Education Agency shall make available on its |
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official Internet website information about the Mental Health First |
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Aid Training Program for the purpose of promoting public awareness |
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of the program. An electronic link to an outside source of |
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information is not sufficient. |
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SECTION 3. (a) Section 1001.205(a), Health and Safety Code, |
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as amended by this Act, applies only to a report due under that |
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section after September 30, 2017. A report due under that section |
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before that date is governed by the law in effect immediately before |
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the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect |
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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 section after |
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December 1, 2017. A report due under that section before that date |
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is governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective |
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date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 4. Not later than December 1, 2017, the Health and |
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Human Services Commission and the Texas Education Agency shall |
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update their Internet websites to include the information required |
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by Section 1001.207, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |