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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the inclusion of suicide prevention information on |
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certain student identification cards issued by a public or private |
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school or postsecondary educational institution. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 38, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 38.353 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 38.353. SUICIDE PREVENTION INFORMATION REQUIRED ON |
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CERTAIN STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARDS. Each student identification |
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card issued by a public or private school to a student in grade six |
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or higher: |
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(1) must have printed on the card the contact |
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information for: |
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(A) the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline; |
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and |
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(B) the Crisis Text Line; and |
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(2) may have printed on the card the contact |
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information for a local suicide prevention hotline, if available. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 51.91941 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.91941. SUICIDE PREVENTION INFORMATION REQUIRED ON |
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STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARD. (a) In this section, "postsecondary |
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educational institution" means: |
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(1) an institution of higher education or a private or |
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independent institution of higher education, as those terms are |
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defined by Section 61.003; or |
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(2) a career school or college as defined by Section |
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132.001. |
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(b) Each student identification card issued by a |
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postsecondary educational institution: |
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(1) must have printed on the card the contact |
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information for: |
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(A) the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline; |
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and |
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(B) the Crisis Text Line; and |
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(2) may have printed on the card the contact |
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information for: |
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(A) the campus police department or security for |
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the campus at which the student to whom the card is issued regularly |
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attends classes or, if the campus does not have a campus police |
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department or security, a local nonemergency police contact; |
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(B) the campus health clinic for the campus at |
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which the student to whom the card is issued regularly attends |
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classes or, if the campus does not have a health clinic, a local |
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health clinic; and |
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(C) a local suicide prevention hotline, if |
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available. |
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SECTION 3. Sections 38.353 and 51.91941, Education Code, as |
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added by this Act, apply only to a student identification card |
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issued on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 4. 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, 2021. |