84R1877 GCB-F
By: Schwertner S.B. No. 133
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to mental health first aid training for school district
employees and school resource officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. 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 principal,
assistant principal, educator, teacher's aide, counselor, nurse,
or school bus driver employed by a school district.
(5) "School resource officer" has the meaning assigned
by Section 1701.601, Occupations Code.
SECTION 2. 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) 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 3. 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 August 31
[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 calendar 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 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 calendar year.
(b) Not later than September 30 [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 calendar
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 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 calendar year.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.