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  87R39 MP-D
 
  By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 279
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the inclusion of suicide prevention information on
  certain student identification cards issued by a public school or
  public institution of higher education.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter G, Chapter 38, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 38.353 to read as follows:
         Sec. 38.353.  SUICIDE PREVENTION INFORMATION REQUIRED ON
  CERTAIN STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARDS. Each student identification
  card issued by a public school to a student in grade seven or higher
  must have printed on the card the contact information for:
               (1)  the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline;
               (2)  the Crisis Text Line; and
               (3)  a local suicide prevention hotline, if available.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 51.91941 to read as follows:
         Sec. 51.91941.  SUICIDE PREVENTION INFORMATION REQUIRED ON
  STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARD. (a)  In this section, "institution of
  higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003.
         (b)  Each student identification card issued by an
  institution of higher education must have printed on the card the
  contact information for:
               (1)  the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline;
               (2)  the Crisis Text Line;
               (3)  the campus police department or security for the
  campus at which the student to whom the card is issued regularly
  attends classes or, if the campus does not have a campus police
  department or security, a local nonemergency police contact; and
               (4)  a local suicide prevention hotline, if available.
         SECTION 3.  Sections 38.353 and 51.91941, Education Code, as
  added by this Act, apply only to a student identification card
  issued on or after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2021.