Amend CSHB 18 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) On page 5, line 27 through page 6, line 1, strike "Sections 21.054(d), (d-2), (e), (e-2), (f), and (g), Education Code, are amended" and substitute "Section 21.054, Education Code, is amended by amending Subsections (d), (d-2), (e), (e-2), (f), and (g) and adding Subsection (d-1)".
(2) On page 7, between lines 9 and 10, insert the following:
(d-1) The instruction required under Subsection (d) may include two or more listed topics together.
(3) Strike page 11, line 23 through page 12, line 9 and substitute the following:
(d-1) The training required by Subsection (d)(3):
(1) [that] must:
(A) be provided:
(i) [(A)] on an annual basis, as part of a new employee orientation, to all new school district and open-enrollment charter school educators; and
(ii) [(B)] to existing school district and open-enrollment charter school educators on a schedule adopted by the agency by rule; and [.]
(B) [(d-1)
The suicide prevention training required by Subsection (d)(3) must] use a best practice-based program recommended by the Health and Human Services Commission [Department of State Health Services] in coordination with the agency under Section 38.351; and
(2) may include two or more listed topics together [161.325, Health and Safety Code].