Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1		-	H.B. No. 1386
	1	+	By: Thompson of Harris (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 1386
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 11, 2019;
	3	+	April 15, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Health &
	4	+	Human Services; May 17, 2019, reported favorably by the following
	5	+	vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 17, 2019, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	9	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	10		AN ACT
5	11		relating to training and development activities for persons who may
6	12		interact with an individual with autism or other pervasive
7	13		developmental disorder.
8	14		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	15		SECTION 1. Section 114.013, Human Resources Code, is
10	16		amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (c) and
11	17		(d) to read as follows:
12	18		(b) As part of coordinating resources under Subsection (a),
13	19		the commission shall:
14	20		(1) collect and distribute information and research
15	21		regarding autism and other pervasive developmental disorders;
16	22		(2) conduct training and development activities for
17	23		persons who may interact with an individual with autism or another
18	24		pervasive developmental disorder in the course of their employment,
19	25		including school, medical, and [or] law enforcement personnel, and
20	26		personnel of the Department of Family and Protective Services;
21	27		(3) coordinate with local entities that provide
22	28		services to an individual with autism or another pervasive
23	29		developmental disorder; and
24	30		(4) provide support for families affected by autism
25	31		and other pervasive developmental disorders.
26	32		(c) The commission shall ensure that training and
27	33		development activities under this section are:
28	34		(1) evidenced-based;
29	35		(2) applicable to the professional role of each type
30	36		of personnel to be trained under Subsection (b)(2); and
31	37		(3) instructive regarding means of effectively
32	38		communicating and engaging with individuals with limited social or
33	39		verbal abilities.
34	40		(d) At least once every five years, in consultation with an
35	41		institution of higher education, the commission shall revise the
36	42		materials and methods for the training and development activities
37	43		to be provided under Subsection (b)(2).
38	44		SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2024, the executive
39	45		commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall
40	46		revise the materials and methods for the training and development
41	47		activities to be provided under Section 114.013(b)(2), Human
42	48		Resources Code, as amended by this Act.
43	49		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
44		-	______________________________ ______________________________
45		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
46		-	I certify that H.B. No. 1386 was passed by the House on April
47		-	10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 1 present, not
48		-	voting.
49		-	______________________________
50		-	Chief Clerk of the House
51		-	I certify that H.B. No. 1386 was passed by the Senate on May
52		-	20, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
53		-	______________________________
54		-	Secretary of the Senate
55		-	APPROVED: _____________________
56		-	Date
57		-	_____________________
58		-	Governor
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