| |
| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to required suicide prevention training for certain health |
|
|
care practitioners. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 531, Government Code, is |
|
|
amended by adding Section 531.0412 to read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 531.0412. SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING COURSES. (a) |
|
|
The commission, in consultation with the state agency responsible |
|
|
for licensing and regulating the applicable profession, shall |
|
|
approve suicide prevention training courses for purposes of |
|
|
Sections 156.061, 201.357, 204.159, 301.309, 453.256, 454.256, |
|
|
504.207, and 507.260, Occupations Code. |
|
|
(b) A course approved under Subsection (a): |
|
|
(1) must include training in suicide screening and |
|
|
referral; and |
|
|
(2) may include, as applicable, training in: |
|
|
(A) suicide assessment, other than screening and |
|
|
referral; |
|
|
(B) suicide treatment; and |
|
|
(C) suicide management. |
|
|
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 156, Occupations Code, is |
|
|
amended by adding Section 156.061 to read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 156.061. SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING. (a) Each |
|
|
person licensed to practice medicine in this state shall complete |
|
|
one hour of suicide prevention training approved by the Health and |
|
|
Human Services Commission under Section 531.0412, Government Code. |
|
|
(b) The board may not renew the registration permit of a |
|
|
license holder who does not complete the training required by this |
|
|
section. |
|
|
SECTION 3. Subchapter H, Chapter 201, Occupations Code, is |
|
|
amended by adding Section 201.357 to read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 201.357. SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING. (a) A license |
|
|
holder shall complete one hour of suicide prevention training |
|
|
approved by the Health and Human Services Commission under Section |
|
|
531.0412, Government Code. |
|
|
(b) The board may not renew the license of a license holder |
|
|
who has not completed the training required by this section. |
|
|
SECTION 4. Subchapter D, Chapter 204, Occupations Code, is |
|
|
amended by adding Section 204.159 to read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 204.159. SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING. (a) A license |
|
|
holder shall complete one hour of suicide prevention training |
|
|
approved by the Health and Human Services Commission under Section |
|
|
531.0412, Government Code. |
|
|
(b) The physician assistant board may not renew the license |
|
|
of a license holder who has not completed the training required by |
|
|
this section. |
|
|
SECTION 5. Subchapter G, Chapter 301, Occupations Code, is |
|
|
amended by adding Section 301.309 to read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 301.309. SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING. (a) A license |
|
|
holder shall complete one hour of suicide prevention training |
|
|
approved by the Health and Human Services Commission under Section |
|
|
531.0412, Government Code. |
|
|
(b) The board may not renew the license of a license holder |
|
|
who has not completed the training required by this section. |
|
|
SECTION 6. Subchapter F, Chapter 453, Occupations Code, is |
|
|
amended by adding Section 453.256 to read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 453.256. SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING. (a) A license |
|
|
holder shall complete one hour of suicide prevention training |
|
|
approved by the Health and Human Services Commission under Section |
|
|
531.0412, Government Code. |
|
|
(b) The board may not renew the license of a license holder |
|
|
who has not completed the training required by this section. |
|
|
SECTION 7. Subchapter F, Chapter 454, Occupations Code, is |
|
|
amended by adding Section 454.256 to read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 454.256. SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING. (a) A license |
|
|
holder shall complete six hours of suicide prevention training |
|
|
approved by the Health and Human Services Commission under Section |
|
|
531.0412, Government Code, in the six years preceding the date the |
|
|
license holder applies for renewal. |
|
|
(b) The board may not renew the license of a license holder |
|
|
who does not complete the training required by this section. |
|
|
(c) A license holder may complete the training required by |
|
|
this section: |
|
|
(1) as part of the continuing education program under |
|
|
Section 454.254; and |
|
|
(2) in more than one training session. |
|
|
SECTION 8. Section 504.202, Occupations Code, is amended to |
|
|
read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 504.202. NOTICE OF LICENSE EXPIRATION AND REQUIREMENTS |
|
|
TO RENEW. Not later than the 31st day before the expiration date of |
|
|
a person's license, the department shall send to the license holder |
|
|
at the license holder's last known address according to department |
|
|
records written notice of: |
|
|
(1) the impending license expiration; |
|
|
(2) the amount of the renewal fee; [and] |
|
|
(3) any continuing education required to renew the |
|
|
license; and |
|
|
(4) the suicide prevention training required to renew |
|
|
the license, if applicable. |
|
|
SECTION 9. Subchapter E, Chapter 504, Occupations Code, is |
|
|
amended by adding Section 504.207 to read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 504.207. SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING. (a) A license |
|
|
holder shall complete six hours of suicide prevention training |
|
|
approved by the Health and Human Services Commission under Section |
|
|
531.0412, Government Code, in the six years preceding the date the |
|
|
license holder applies for renewal. |
|
|
(b) The department may not renew the license of a license |
|
|
holder who does not complete the training required by this section. |
|
|
(c) A license holder may complete the training required by |
|
|
this section: |
|
|
(1) as part of the continuing education program under |
|
|
Section 504.205; and |
|
|
(2) in more than one training session. |
|
|
SECTION 10. Subchapter F, Chapter 507, Occupations Code, is |
|
|
amended by adding Section 507.260 to read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 507.260. SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING. (a) A license |
|
|
holder shall complete six hours of suicide prevention training |
|
|
approved by the Health and Human Services Commission under Section |
|
|
531.0412, Government Code, in the six years preceding the date the |
|
|
license holder applies for renewal. |
|
|
(b) The executive council may not renew the license of a |
|
|
license holder who does not complete the training required by this |
|
|
section. |
|
|
(c) A license holder may complete the training required by |
|
|
this section: |
|
|
(1) as part of any continuing education required by |
|
|
the executive council under Section 507.157; and |
|
|
(2) in more than one training session. |
|
|
SECTION 11. Not later than December 1, 2023, the Health and |
|
|
Human Services Commission shall approve suicide prevention |
|
|
training courses as required by Section 531.0412, Government Code, |
|
|
as added by this Act. |
|
|
SECTION 12. The changes in law made by this Act apply only |
|
|
to the renewal of a license or registration permit on or after |
|
|
January 1, 2025. |
|
|
SECTION 13. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |