Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4237 Compare Versions

Version 1 (Old)

Version 2 (New)

Old	New		Differences
1	1		85R9965 GCB-D
2		-	By: Moody~~, Coleman, Price, Lozano, Turner~~ H.B. No. 4237
	2	+	By: Moody H.B. No. 4237
3	3
4	4
5	5		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6		AN ACT
7	7		relating to mental health first aid training for university
8	8		employees.
9	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10		SECTION 1. Section 1001.201, Health and Safety Code, is
11	11		amended by adding Subdivision (6) to read as follows:
12	12		(6) "University employee" means a person employed by a
13	13		public or private institution of higher education who regularly
14	14		interacts with students enrolled at the university through the
15	15		course of the person's duties.
16	16		SECTION 2. The heading to Section 1001.203, Health and
17	17		Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
18	18		Sec. 1001.203. GRANTS FOR TRAINING CERTAIN UNIVERSITY
19	19		EMPLOYEES, SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, AND SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS
20	20		[EDUCATORS] IN MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID.
21	21		SECTION 3. Sections 1001.203(a), (c), and (e), Health and
22	22		Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
23	23		(a) To the extent funds are appropriated to the department
24	24		for that purpose, the department shall make grants to local mental
25	25		health authorities to provide an approved mental health first aid
26	26		training program, administered by mental health first aid trainers,
27	27		at no cost to university employees, school district employees, and
28	28		school resource officers.
29	29		(c) The department shall grant $100 to a local mental health
30	30		authority for each university employee, school district employee,
31	31		or school resource officer who successfully completes a mental
32	32		health first aid training program provided by the authority under
33	33		this section.
34	34		(e) A local mental health authority may contract with a
35	35		regional education service center to provide a mental health first
36	36		aid training program to university employees, school district
37	37		employees, and school resource officers [educators] under this
38	38		section.
39	39		SECTION 4. The heading to Section 1001.2031, Health and
40	40		Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
41	41		Sec. 1001.2031. SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS FOR TRAINING CERTAIN
42	42		UNIVERSITY EMPLOYEES, SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, AND SCHOOL
43	43		RESOURCE OFFICERS [EDUCATORS] IN MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID.
44	44		SECTION 5. Section 1001.205, Health and Safety Code, is
45	45		amended to read as follows:
46	46		Sec. 1001.205. REPORTS. (a) Not later than September 30
47	47		of each year, a local mental health authority shall provide to the
48	48		department the number of:
49	49		(1) employees and contractors of the authority who
50	50		were trained as mental health first aid trainers under Section
51	51		1001.202 during the preceding fiscal year;
52	52		(2) university employees [educators], school district
53	53		employees [other than educators], and school resource officers who
54	54		completed a mental health first aid training program offered by the
55	55		authority under Section 1001.203 during the preceding fiscal year;
56	56		and
57	57		(3) individuals who are not university employees,
58	58		school district employees, or school resource officers who
59	59		completed a mental health first aid training program offered by the
60	60		authority during the preceding fiscal year.
61	61		(b) Not later than December 1 of each year, the department
62	62		shall compile the information submitted by local mental health
63	63		authorities as required by Subsection (a) and submit a report to the
64	64		legislature containing the number of:
65	65		(1) authority employees and contractors trained as
66	66		mental health first aid trainers during the preceding fiscal year;
67	67		(2) university employees [educators], school district
68	68		employees [other than educators], and school resource officers who
69	69		completed a mental health first aid training program provided by an
70	70		authority during the preceding fiscal year; and
71	71		(3) individuals who are not university employees,
72	72		school district employees, or school resource officers who
73	73		completed a mental health first aid training program provided by an
74	74		authority during the preceding fiscal year.
75	75		SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
76	76		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
77	77		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
78	78		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
79	79		Act takes effect September 1, 2017.