| 1 | 1 | | By: Deuell S.B. No. 1178 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (Coleman) |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to training for public school educators in identifying |
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| 8 | 8 | | mental health and suicide risks among students. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 161.325, Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Subsections (c-1) and (c-2) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (c-1) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, each |
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| 13 | 13 | | school district shall provide training described in the components |
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| 14 | 14 | | set forth under Subsection (b) for teachers, counselors, |
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| 15 | 15 | | principals, and all other appropriate personnel. A school district |
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| 16 | 16 | | is required to provide the training at an elementary school campus |
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| 17 | 17 | | only to the extent that sufficient funding and programs are |
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| 18 | 18 | | available. A school district may implement a program on the list to |
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| 19 | 19 | | satisfy the requirements of this subsection. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (c-2) For any training under Subsection (c-1), each school |
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| 21 | 21 | | district shall maintain records that include the name of each |
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| 22 | 22 | | district employee who participated in the training. A school |
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| 23 | 23 | | district employee described under Subsection (c-1) must |
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| 24 | 24 | | participate in the training at least one time. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter O-1, Chapter 161, Health and Safety |
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| 26 | 26 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 161.326 to read as follows: |
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| 27 | 27 | | Sec. 161.326. IMMUNITY. This subchapter does not: |
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| 28 | 28 | | (1) waive any immunity from liability of a school |
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| 29 | 29 | | district or of district school officers or employees; |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2) create any liability for a cause of action against |
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| 31 | 31 | | a school district or against district school officers or employees; |
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| 32 | 32 | | or |
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| 33 | 33 | | (3) waive any immunity from liability under Section |
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| 34 | 34 | | 74.151, Civil Practice and Remedies Code. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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