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AN ACT
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relating to mental health first aid training for veterans and |
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immediate family members of veterans. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 434.352(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) For the mental health program for veterans, the |
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commission shall: |
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(1) provide training to peer service coordinators and |
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peers in accordance with Section 434.353; |
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(2) provide technical assistance to peer service |
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coordinators and peers; |
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(3) identify, train, and communicate with |
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community-based licensed mental health professionals, |
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community-based organizations, and faith-based organizations; |
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[and] |
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(4) coordinate services for justice involved |
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veterans; and |
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(5) coordinate local delivery to veterans and |
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immediate family members of veterans of mental health first aid for |
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veterans training. |
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SECTION 2. 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 of |
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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, school district employees, |
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and school resource officers who completed a mental health first |
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aid training program offered by the authority under Section |
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1001.203 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 offered by the |
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authority during the preceding fiscal year; and |
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(4) veterans and immediate family members of veterans |
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who completed the veterans module of 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) 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, school district employees, |
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and school resource officers who completed a mental health first |
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aid training program provided by an authority during the preceding |
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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; and |
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(4) veterans and immediate family members of veterans |
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who completed the veterans module of a mental health first aid |
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training program provided by an authority during the preceding |
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fiscal year. |
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SECTION 3. Section 1001.222(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The department shall develop a mental health |
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intervention program for veterans. The program must include: |
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(1) peer-to-peer counseling; |
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(2) access to licensed mental health professionals for |
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peer service coordinators and peers; |
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(3) training approved by the department for peer |
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service coordinators, licensed mental health professionals, and |
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peers; |
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(4) technical assistance for peer service |
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coordinators, licensed mental health professionals, and peers; |
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(5) identification, retention, and screening of |
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community-based licensed mental health professionals; |
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(6) suicide prevention training for peer service |
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coordinators and peers; [and] |
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(7) veteran jail diversion services, including |
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veterans treatment courts; and |
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(8) coordination of mental health first aid for |
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veterans training to veterans and immediate family members of |
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veterans. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 4429 was passed by the House on April |
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30, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 4429 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 1, |
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2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 4429 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays |
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1. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |