84R25477 SCL-F
By: Coleman H.B. No. 3474
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to issues affecting counties and political subdivisions
within counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) In this section, "task force" means the Task
Force to Study Population Growth in Texas established under this
section.
(b) The Task Force to Study Population Growth in Texas is
established for the purposes of assessing the effects of population
growth on counties in this state relating to:
(1) housing;
(2) businesses;
(3) available land resources;
(4) the state's economy;
(5) health care services; and
(6) county jails.
(c) The task force is composed of the following nine
members:
(1) three state or local officials appointed by the
governor;
(2) three state or local officials appointed by the
lieutenant governor; and
(3) three state or local officials appointed by the
speaker of the house of representatives.
(d) The members of the task force shall elect a presiding
officer from among the membership.
(e) The offices of the governor, lieutenant governor, and
speaker of the house of representatives shall provide staff support
to the task force.
(f) The task force shall hold public hearings to achieve the
purposes described by Subsection (b) of this section.
(g) A member of the task force is not entitled to receive
compensation for service on the task force but is entitled to
reimbursement of the travel expenses incurred by the member while
conducting the business of the task force.
(h) The task force may accept gifts and grants from any
source to be used to carry out a function of the task force.
(i) Not later than November 1, 2016, the task force shall
submit a final report to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the
speaker of the house of representatives, and the appropriate
standing committees of the legislature. The report shall include a
summary and analysis of:
(1) hearings and studies conducted by the task force;
(2) legislation proposed by the task force; and
(3) other findings and recommendations made by the
task force.
(j) Not later than December 1, 2015, the governor, the
lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
representatives shall make the appointments to the task force as
described under Subsection (c) of this section.
(k) The task force is abolished and this section expires
August 31, 2017.
SECTION 2. Section 1001.201, Health and Safety Code, as
added by Chapter 1306 (H.B. 3793), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
Regular Session, 2013, is amended by adding Subdivisions (4) and
(5) to read as follows:
(4) "School district employee" means a person employed
by a school district who regularly interacts with students through
the course of the person's duties, including an educator, a
secretary, a school bus driver, or a cafeteria worker.
(5) "School resource officer" has the meaning assigned
by Section 1701.601, Occupations Code.
SECTION 3. Subchapter H, Chapter 1001, Health and Safety
Code, as added by Chapter 1306 (H.B. 3793), Acts of the 83rd
Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is amended by adding Section
1001.2015 to read as follows:
Sec. 1001.2015. LIMITATION ON GRANTS. For each state
fiscal year, the department may give to a local mental health
authority in the form of grants under Sections 1001.202 and
1001.203 an amount that may not exceed the lesser of:
(1) three percent of the total amount appropriated to
the department for making grants under those sections; or
(2) $70,000.
SECTION 4. Section 1001.202(b), Health and Safety Code, as
added by Chapter 1306 (H.B. 3793), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
Regular Session, 2013, is amended to read as follows:
(b) The [Except as provided by Subsection (c), the]
department shall make each grant to a local mental health authority
under this section in an amount equal to $1,000 times the number of
employees or contractors of the authority whose training as mental
health first aid trainers will be paid by the grant.
SECTION 5. Sections 1001.203(a) and (c), Health and Safety
Code, as added by Chapter 1306 (H.B. 3793), Acts of the 83rd
Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, are amended to read as follows:
(a) To the extent funds are appropriated to the department
for that purpose, the department shall make grants to local mental
health authorities to provide an approved mental health first aid
training program, administered by mental health first aid trainers,
at no cost to school district employees and school resource
officers [educators].
(c) The [Subject to the limit provided by Subsection (b),
out of the funds appropriated to the department for making grants
under this section, the] department shall grant $100 to a local
mental health authority for each school district employee or school
resource officer [educator] who successfully completes a mental
health first aid training program provided by the authority under
this section.
SECTION 6. Subchapter H, Chapter 1001, Health and Safety
Code, as added by Chapter 1306 (H.B. 3793), Acts of the 83rd
Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is amended by adding Section
1001.2031 to read as follows:
Sec. 1001.2031. SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS FOR TRAINING CERTAIN
EDUCATORS IN MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID. For each state fiscal year,
the department may allocate any unobligated money appropriated for
making grants under Sections 1001.202 and 1001.203 for supplemental
grants. The department may give a supplemental grant to a local
mental health authority that submits to the department a revised
plan as provided under Section 1001.204 that demonstrates how the
additional grant money would be used if made available to the
authority.
SECTION 7. Section 1001.204(a), Health and Safety Code, as
added by Chapter 1306 (H.B. 3793), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
Regular Session, 2013, is amended to read as follows:
(a) Not later than July [October] 1 of each state fiscal
year for which a local mental health authority will seek a grant
from the department under Section 1001.203, the authority shall
submit to the department a plan demonstrating the manner in which
grants made to the authority under that section will be used:
(1) to train individuals in mental health first aid
throughout the authority's local service area to maximize the
number of children who have direct contact with an individual who
has successfully completed a mental health first aid training
program provided by the authority;
(2) to meet the greatest needs of the authority's local
service area, as identified by the authority; and
(3) to complement existing resources and not duplicate
established mental health first aid training efforts.
SECTION 8. Section 1001.205, Health and Safety Code, as
added by Chapter 1306 (H.B. 3793), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
Regular Session, 2013, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1001.205. REPORTS. (a) Not later than September 30
[July 1] of each year, a local mental health authority shall provide
to the department the number of:
(1) employees and contractors of the authority who
were trained as mental health first aid trainers under Section
1001.202 during the preceding fiscal year;
(2) educators, school district employees other than
educators, and school resource officers who completed a mental
health first aid training program offered by the authority under
Section 1001.203 during the preceding fiscal [calendar] year; and
(3) individuals who are not school district employees
or school resource officers [educators] who completed a mental
health first aid training program offered by the authority during
the preceding fiscal [calendar] year.
(b) Not later than December 1 [August 1] of each year, the
department shall compile the information submitted by local mental
health authorities as required by Subsection (a) and submit a
report to the legislature containing the number of:
(1) authority employees and contractors trained as
mental health first aid trainers during the preceding fiscal year;
(2) educators, school district employees other than
educators, and school resource officers who completed a mental
health first aid training program provided by an authority during
the preceding fiscal [calendar] year; and
(3) individuals who are not school district employees
or school resource officers [educators] who completed a mental
health first aid training program provided by an authority during
the preceding fiscal [calendar] year.
SECTION 9. Section 21.044(c-1), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(c-1) Any minimum academic qualifications for a certificate
specified under Subsection (a) that require a person to possess a
bachelor's degree must also require that the person receive, as
part of the training required to obtain that certificate,
instruction regarding mental health, substance abuse, and youth
suicide. The instruction required must be provided through a
program selected from the list of recommended best practice-based
programs established under Section 161.325, Health and Safety Code
[in detection of students with mental or emotional disorders].
SECTION 10. The following are repealed:
(1) Section 21.044(c-2), Education Code;
(2) Section 1001.202(c), Health and Safety Code, as
added by Chapter 1306 (H.B. 3793), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
Regular Session, 2013;
(3) Section 1001.203(b), Health and Safety Code, as
added by Chapter 1306 (H.B. 3793), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
Regular Session, 2013; and
(4) Section 250.006(b), Local Government Code.
SECTION 11. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.