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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to mental health first aid training for university |
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employees. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1001.201, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subdivision (6) to read as follows: |
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(6) "University employee" means a person employed by a |
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public or private institution of higher education who regularly |
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interacts with students enrolled at the university through the |
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course of the person's duties. |
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SECTION 2. The heading to Section 1001.203, Health and |
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Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1001.203. GRANTS FOR TRAINING CERTAIN UNIVERSITY |
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EMPLOYEES, SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, AND SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS |
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[EDUCATORS] IN MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID. |
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SECTION 3. Sections 1001.203(a), (c), and (e), Health and |
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Safety Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) To the extent funds are appropriated to the department |
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for that purpose, the department shall make grants to local mental |
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health authorities to provide an approved mental health first aid |
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training program, administered by mental health first aid trainers, |
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at no cost to university employees, school district employees, and |
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school resource officers. |
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(c) The department shall grant $100 to a local mental health |
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authority for each university employee, school district employee, |
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or school resource officer who successfully completes a mental |
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health first aid training program provided by the authority under |
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this section. |
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(e) A local mental health authority may contract with a |
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regional education service center to provide a mental health first |
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aid training program to university employees, school district |
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employees, and school resource officers [educators] under this |
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section. |
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SECTION 4. The heading to Section 1001.2031, Health and |
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Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1001.2031. SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS FOR TRAINING CERTAIN |
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UNIVERSITY EMPLOYEES, SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, AND SCHOOL |
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RESOURCE OFFICERS [EDUCATORS] IN MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID. |
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SECTION 5. 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; |
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(2) university employees [educators], school district |
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employees [other than educators], and school resource officers who |
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completed a mental health first aid training program offered by the |
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authority under Section 1001.203 during the preceding fiscal year; |
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and |
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(3) individuals who are not university employees, |
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school district employees, or school resource officers who |
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completed a mental health first aid training program offered by the |
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authority during the preceding 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) authority employees and contractors trained as |
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mental health first aid trainers during the preceding fiscal year; |
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(2) university employees [educators], school district |
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employees [other than educators], and school resource officers who |
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completed a mental health first aid training program provided by an |
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authority during the preceding fiscal year; and |
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(3) individuals who are not university employees, |
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school district employees, or school resource officers who |
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completed a mental health first aid training program provided by an |
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authority during the preceding fiscal year. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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