86R10811 JCG-D
By: Bowers H.B. No. 2405
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to education and training for peace officers regarding
trauma-informed techniques to facilitate interactions with
homeless individuals.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1701.253, Occupations Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (p) to read as follows:
(p) As part of the minimum curriculum requirements, the
commission shall establish and require an officer to complete a
statewide comprehensive education and training program on
trauma-informed techniques to facilitate interactions with
homeless youth and adults and on the resources available to those
individuals. An officer shall complete the program not later than
the second anniversary of the date the officer is licensed under
this chapter or the date the officer applies for an intermediate
proficiency certificate, whichever date is earlier.
SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2020, the Texas
Commission on Law Enforcement shall establish the comprehensive
education and training program required by Section 1701.253(p),
Occupations Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.