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| 1 | 1 | 84R4770 MEW-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Coleman H.B. No. 2218 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to instruction regarding mental health, substance abuse, | |
| 8 | 8 | and youth suicide in educator training programs. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 21.044(c-1), Education Code, is amended | |
| 11 | 11 | to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (c-1) Any minimum academic qualifications for a certificate | |
| 13 | 13 | specified under Subsection (a) that require a person to possess a | |
| 14 | 14 | bachelor's degree must also require that the person receive, as | |
| 15 | 15 | part of the training required to obtain that certificate, | |
| 16 | 16 | instruction regarding mental health, substance abuse, and youth | |
| 17 | 17 | suicide. The instruction required must be provided through a | |
| 18 | 18 | program selected from the list of recommended best practice-based | |
| 19 | 19 | programs established under Section 161.325, Health and Safety Code | |
| 20 | 20 | [in detection of students with mental or emotional disorders]. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. Section 21.044(c-2), Education Code, is | |
| 22 | 22 | repealed. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |