Amend CSSB 1871 (senate committee report) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 17 of the bill, in added Section 38.2545(b), Education Code (page 10, line 24), strike "shall" and substitute "may".
(2) In SECTION 17 of the bill, strike added Sections 38.2545(c), (d), and (e), Education Code (page 10, lines 26 through 41), substitute the following appropriately lettered subsections, and reletter subsequent subsections accordingly:
( ) A school district may not:
(1) refer to the program a student who is younger than 18 years of age unless the district obtains consent from the parent or legal guardian of the student;
(2) require a student to participate in any service provided under Subsection (b); or
(3) allow a student who is younger than 18 years of age to participate in any component of the program that involves mental health education or screening unless the program has obtained signed written consent from the student's parent or legal guardian.
( ) The program must obtain written consent from the parent or legal guardian of a student as required by Section 113.0152, Health and Safety Code, before providing to the student a mental health service under this section.
(3) In SECTION 17 of the bill, in added Section 38.2545(g), Education Code (page 10, line 51), between "post" and "on", insert "quarterly".
(4) In SECTION 18 of the bill, in amended Section 113.0251, Health and Safety Code (page 11), strike lines 1 through 15 and substitute the following:
(3) during the preceding two years, the percentage of participants in the Texas Child Health Access through Telemedicine program operated by the consortium:
(A) who were prescribed a psychotropic drug by the consortium;
(B) who were referred to a health provider for further mental health services;
(C) who completed program treatment goals; and
(D) who were provided information on consortium research programs on the participant's discharge from the program;
(4) during the preceding two years, the percentage of:
(A) potential participants for whom a parent or legal guardian declined to give informed consent to participate in the program; and
(B) potential participants who were referred to but not enrolled in the program because the potential participant needed more emergent care; and