86R10811 JCG-D
 
  By: Bowers H.B. No. 2405
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to education and training for peace officers regarding
  trauma-informed techniques to facilitate interactions with
  homeless individuals.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1701.253, Occupations Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (p) to read as follows:
         (p)  As part of the minimum curriculum requirements, the
  commission shall establish and require an officer to complete a
  statewide comprehensive education and training program on
  trauma-informed techniques to facilitate interactions with
  homeless youth and adults and on the resources available to those
  individuals. An officer shall complete the program not later than
  the second anniversary of the date the officer is licensed under
  this chapter or the date the officer applies for an intermediate
  proficiency certificate, whichever date is earlier.
         SECTION 2.  Not later than January 1, 2020, the Texas
  Commission on Law Enforcement shall establish the comprehensive
  education and training program required by Section 1701.253(p),
  Occupations Code, as added by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.