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1		-	By: Schwertner, et al. S.B. No. 133
2		-	(Coleman)
	1	+	S.B. No. 133
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5		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	4		AN ACT
7	5		relating to mental health first aid training for school district
8	6		employees and school resource officers.
9	7		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	8		SECTION 1. Section 1001.201, Health and Safety Code, as
11	9		added by Chapter 1306 (H.B. 3793), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
12	10		Regular Session, 2013, is amended by adding Subdivisions (4) and
13	11		(5) to read as follows:
14	12		(4) "School district employee" means a person employed
15	13		by a school district who regularly interacts with students through
16	14		the course of the person's duties, including an educator, a
17	15		secretary, a school bus driver, or a cafeteria worker.
18	16		(5) "School resource officer" has the meaning assigned
19	17		by Section 1701.601, Occupations Code.
20	18		SECTION 2. Subchapter H, Chapter 1001, Health and Safety
21	19		Code, as added by Chapter 1306 (H.B. 3793), Acts of the 83rd
22	20		Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is amended by adding Section
23	21		1001.2015 to read as follows:
24	22		Sec. 1001.2015. LIMITATION ON GRANTS. For each state
25	23		fiscal year, the department may give to a local mental health
26	24		authority in the form of grants under Sections 1001.202 and
27	25		1001.203 an amount that may not exceed the lesser of:
28	26		(1) three percent of the total amount appropriated to
29	27		the department for making grants under those sections; or
30	28		(2) $70,000.
31	29		SECTION 3. Section 1001.202(b), Health and Safety Code, as
32	30		added by Chapter 1306 (H.B. 3793), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
33	31		Regular Session, 2013, is amended to read as follows:
34	32		(b) The [Except as provided by Subsection (c), the]
35	33		department shall make each grant to a local mental health authority
36	34		under this section in an amount equal to $1,000 times the number of
37	35		employees or contractors of the authority whose training as mental
38	36		health first aid trainers will be paid by the grant.
39	37		SECTION 4. Sections 1001.203(a) and (c), Health and Safety
40	38		Code, as added by Chapter 1306 (H.B. 3793), Acts of the 83rd
41	39		Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, are amended to read as follows:
42	40		(a) To the extent funds are appropriated to the department
43	41		for that purpose, the department shall make grants to local mental
44	42		health authorities to provide an approved mental health first aid
45	43		training program, administered by mental health first aid trainers,
46	44		at no cost to school district employees and school resource
47	45		officers [educators].
48	46		(c) The [Subject to the limit provided by Subsection (b),
49	47		out of the funds appropriated to the department for making grants
50	48		under this section, the] department shall grant $100 to a local
51	49		mental health authority for each school district employee or school
52	50		resource officer [educator] who successfully completes a mental
53	51		health first aid training program provided by the authority under
54	52		this section.
55	53		SECTION 5. Subchapter H, Chapter 1001, Health and Safety
56	54		Code, as added by Chapter 1306 (H.B. 3793), Acts of the 83rd
57	55		Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is amended by adding Section
58	56		1001.2031 to read as follows:
59	57		Sec. 1001.2031. SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS FOR TRAINING CERTAIN
60	58		EDUCATORS IN MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID. For each state fiscal year,
61	59		the department may allocate any unobligated money appropriated for
62	60		making grants under Sections 1001.202 and 1001.203 for supplemental
63	61		grants. The department may give a supplemental grant to a local
64	62		mental health authority that submits to the department a revised
65	63		plan as provided under Section 1001.204 that demonstrates how the
66	64		additional grant money would be used if made available to the
67	65		authority.
68	66		SECTION 6. Section 1001.204(a), Health and Safety Code, as
69	67		added by Chapter 1306 (H.B. 3793), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
70	68		Regular Session, 2013, is amended to read as follows:
71	69		(a) Not later than July [October] 1 of each state fiscal
72	70		year for which a local mental health authority will seek a grant
73	71		from the department under Section 1001.203, the authority shall
74	72		submit to the department a plan demonstrating the manner in which
75	73		grants made to the authority under that section will be used:
76	74		(1) to train individuals in mental health first aid
77	75		throughout the authority's local service area to maximize the
78	76		number of children who have direct contact with an individual who
79	77		has successfully completed a mental health first aid training
80	78		program provided by the authority;
81	79		(2) to meet the greatest needs of the authority's local
82	80		service area, as identified by the authority; and
83	81		(3) to complement existing resources and not duplicate
84	82		established mental health first aid training efforts.
85	83		SECTION 7. Section 1001.205, Health and Safety Code, as
86	84		added by Chapter 1306 (H.B. 3793), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
87	85		Regular Session, 2013, is amended to read as follows:
88	86		Sec. 1001.205. REPORTS. (a) Not later than September 30
89	87		[July 1] of each year, a local mental health authority shall provide
90	88		to the department the number of:
91	89		(1) employees and contractors of the authority who
92	90		were trained as mental health first aid trainers under Section
93	91		1001.202 during the preceding fiscal year;
94	92		(2) educators, school district employees other than
95	93		educators, and school resource officers who completed a mental
96	94		health first aid training program offered by the authority under
97	95		Section 1001.203 during the preceding fiscal [calendar] year; and
98	96		(3) individuals who are not school district employees
99	97		or school resource officers [educators] who completed a mental
100	98		health first aid training program offered by the authority during
101	99		the preceding fiscal [calendar] year.
102	100		(b) Not later than December 1 [August 1] of each year, the
103	101		department shall compile the information submitted by local mental
104	102		health authorities as required by Subsection (a) and submit a
105	103		report to the legislature containing the number of:
106	104		(1) authority employees and contractors trained as
107	105		mental health first aid trainers during the preceding fiscal year;
108	106		(2) educators, school district employees other than
109	107		educators, and school resource officers who completed a mental
110	108		health first aid training program provided by an authority during
111	109		the preceding fiscal [calendar] year; and
112	110		(3) individuals who are not school district employees
113	111		or school resource officers [educators] who completed a mental
114	112		health first aid training program provided by an authority during
115	113		the preceding fiscal [calendar] year.
116	114		SECTION 8. The following are repealed:
117	115		(1) Section 1001.202(c), Health and Safety Code, as
118	116		added by Chapter 1306 (H.B. 3793), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
119	117		Regular Session, 2013; and
120	118		(2) Section 1001.203(b), Health and Safety Code, as
121	119		added by Chapter 1306 (H.B. 3793), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
122	120		Regular Session, 2013.
123	121		SECTION 9. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
124	122		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
125	123		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
126	124		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
127	125		Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
	126	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	127	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	128	+	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 133 passed the Senate on
	129	+	March 17, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
	130	+	______________________________
	131	+	Secretary of the Senate
	132	+	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 133 passed the House on
	133	+	May 26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 129, Nays 16,
	134	+	two present not voting.
	135	+	______________________________
	136	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	137	+	Approved:
	138	+	______________________________
	139	+	Date
	140	+	______________________________
	141	+	Governor