Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2897 Compare Versions

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1	1	85R13002 SMT-D
2	2	By: Price H.B. No. 2897
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the mental health first aid program training and
8	8	reporting.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 1001.205, Health and Safety Code, is
11	11	amended to read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 1001.205. REPORTS. (a) Not later than September 30
13	13	of each year, a local mental health authority shall provide to the
14	14	department the number of:
15	15	(1) employees and contractors of the authority who
16	16	were trained as mental health first aid trainers under Section
17	17	1001.202 during the preceding fiscal year, the number of trainers
18	18	who left the program for any reason during the preceding fiscal
19	19	year, and the number of active trainers;
20	20	(2) educators, school district employees other than
21	21	educators, and school resource officers who completed a mental
22	22	health first aid training program offered by the authority under
23	23	Section 1001.203 during the preceding fiscal year categorized by
24	24	local mental health authority region, school district, and category
25	25	of personnel; and
26	26	(3) individuals who are not school district employees
27	27	or school resource officers who completed a mental health first aid
28	28	training program offered by the authority during the preceding
29	29	fiscal year.
30	30	(b) Not later than December 1 of each year, the department
31	31	shall compile the information submitted by local mental health
32	32	authorities as required by Subsection (a) and submit a report to the
33	33	legislature containing [the number of]:
34	34	(1) the number of authority employees and contractors
35	35	trained as mental health first aid trainers during the preceding
36	36	fiscal year, the number of trainers who left the program for any
37	37	reason during the preceding fiscal year, and the number of active
38	38	trainers;
39	39	(2) the number of educators, school district employees
40	40	other than educators, and school resource officers who completed a
41	41	mental health first aid training program provided by an authority
42	42	during the preceding fiscal year categorized by local mental health
43	43	authority region, school district, and category of personnel; [and]
44	44	(3) the number of individuals who are not school
45	45	district employees or school resource officers who completed a
46	46	mental health first aid training program provided by an authority
47	47	during the preceding fiscal year; and
48	48	(4) a detailed accounting of expenditures of money
49	49	appropriated for the purpose of implementing this subchapter.
50	50	SECTION 2. Subchapter H, Chapter 1001, Health and Safety
51	51	Code, is amended by adding Section 1001.207 to read as follows:
52	52	Sec. 1001.207. PROGRAM PROMOTION. (a) The commission shall
53	53	make available on its official Internet website information about
54	54	the Mental Health First Aid Training Program for the purpose of
55	55	promoting public awareness of the program. An electronic link to an
56	56	outside source of information is not sufficient.
57	57	(b) The Texas Education Agency shall make available on its
58	58	official Internet website information about the Mental Health First
59	59	Aid Training Program for the purpose of promoting public awareness
60	60	of the program. An electronic link to an outside source of
61	61	information is not sufficient.
62	62	SECTION 3. (a) Section 1001.205(a), Health and Safety Code,
63	63	as amended by this Act, applies only to a report due under that
64	64	section after September 30, 2017. A report due under that section
65	65	before that date is governed by the law in effect immediately before
66	66	the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect
67	67	for that purpose.
68	68	(b) Section 1001.205(b), Health and Safety Code, as amended
69	69	by this Act, applies only to a report due under that section after
70	70	December 1, 2017. A report due under that section before that date
71	71	is governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective
72	72	date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that
73	73	purpose.
74	74	SECTION 4. Not later than December 1, 2017, the Health and
75	75	Human Services Commission and the Texas Education Agency shall
76	76	update their Internet websites to include the information required
77	77	by Section 1001.207, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act.
78	78	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.