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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requirements for mental health assignment |
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certification for municipal police departments and sheriff's |
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departments. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 180, Local Government Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 180.008 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 180.008. REQUIRED MENTAL HEALTH ASSIGNMENT |
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CERTIFICATION. Each municipal police department and sheriff's |
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department shall ensure that the following percentage of officers |
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are certified under Section 1701.404, Occupations Code: |
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(1) at least one-fourth of the department's officers |
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who: |
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(A) are engaged in traffic or highway patrol or |
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otherwise detain or stop motor vehicles; or |
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(B) are primary responders who respond directly |
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to calls for assistance from the public; and |
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(2) at least one-fourth of the department's officers |
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who are on duty during a shift. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2018. |