By: Van de Putte S.B. No. 1356
(In the Senate - Filed March 7, 2013; March 18, 2013, read
first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
April 11, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; April 11, 2013,
sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1356 By: Hinojosa
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring trauma-informed care training for certain
staff of county and state juvenile facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 221.002, Human Resources Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
(c-1) In adopting rules under Subsection (a)(3), the board
shall require probation officers, juvenile supervision officers,
and court-supervised community-based program personnel to receive
trauma-informed care training. The training must provide
knowledge, in line with best practices, of how to interact with
juveniles who have experienced traumatic events.
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 221, Human Resources Code,
is amended by adding Section 221.0061 to read as follows:
Sec. 221.0061. TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE TRAINING. The
department shall provide trauma-informed care training during the
preservice training the department provides for juvenile probation
officers, juvenile supervision officers, juvenile correctional
officers, and juvenile parole officers. The training must provide
knowledge, in line with best practices, of how to interact with
juveniles who have experienced traumatic events.
SECTION 3. Subsection (b), Section 242.009, Human Resources
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b) The department shall provide each juvenile correctional
officer employed by the department with at least 300 hours of
training, which must include on-the-job training, before the
officer independently commences the officer's duties at the
facility. The training must provide the officer with information
and instruction related to the officer's duties, including
information and instruction concerning:
(1) the juvenile justice system of this state,
including the juvenile correctional facility system;
(2) security procedures;
(3) the supervision of children committed to the
department;
(4) signs of suicide risks and suicide precautions;
(5) signs and symptoms of the abuse, assault, neglect,
and exploitation of a child, including sexual abuse, [and] sexual
assault, and human trafficking, and the manner in which to report
the abuse, assault, neglect, or exploitation of a child;
(6) the neurological, physical, and psychological
development of adolescents;
(7) department rules and regulations, including
rules, regulations, and tactics concerning the use of force;
(8) appropriate restraint techniques;
(9) the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (42 U.S.C.
Section 15601, et seq.);
(10) the rights and responsibilities of children in
the custody of the department;
(11) interpersonal relationship skills;
(12) the social and cultural lifestyles of children in
the custody of the department;
(13) first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation;
(14) counseling techniques;
(15) conflict resolution and dispute mediation,
including de-escalation techniques;
(16) behavior management;
(17) mental health issues; [and]
(18) employee rights, employment discrimination, and
sexual harassment; and
(19) trauma-informed care.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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