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| 1 | 1 | 85R13310 SCL-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: West S.B. No. 1186 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to requirements for mental health assignment | |
| 8 | 8 | certification for municipal police departments and sheriff's | |
| 9 | 9 | departments. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Chapter 180, Local Government Code, is amended | |
| 12 | 12 | by adding Section 180.008 to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | Sec. 180.008. REQUIRED MENTAL HEALTH ASSIGNMENT | |
| 14 | 14 | CERTIFICATION. Each municipal police department and sheriff's | |
| 15 | 15 | department shall ensure that the following percentage of officers | |
| 16 | 16 | are certified under Section 1701.404, Occupations Code: | |
| 17 | 17 | (1) at least one-fourth of the department's officers | |
| 18 | 18 | who: | |
| 19 | 19 | (A) are engaged in traffic or highway patrol or | |
| 20 | 20 | otherwise detain or stop motor vehicles; or | |
| 21 | 21 | (B) are primary responders who respond directly | |
| 22 | 22 | to calls for assistance from the public; and | |
| 23 | 23 | (2) at least one-fourth of the department's officers | |
| 24 | 24 | who are on duty during a shift. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2018. |