Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3888 Compare Versions

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1	1	86R14067 GCB-F
2	2	By: Ramos H.B. No. 3888
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to a school district's plan for parental involvement
8	8	concerning mental health and substance use issues and suicide
9	9	prevention.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 28.004(c), Education Code, is amended to
12	12	read as follows:
13	13	(c) The local school health advisory council's duties
14	14	include recommending:
15	15	(1) the number of hours of instruction to be provided
16	16	in health education;
17	17	(2) policies, procedures, strategies, and curriculum
18	18	appropriate for specific grade levels designed to prevent obesity,
19	19	cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes, and mental health
20	20	concerns, including suicide, through coordination of:
21	21	(A) health education;
22	22	(B) physical education and physical activity;
23	23	(C) nutrition services;
24	24	(D) parental involvement;
25	25	(E) instruction to prevent the use of
26	26	e-cigarettes, as defined by Section 161.081, Health and Safety
27	27	Code, and tobacco;
28	28	(F) school health services;
29	29	(G) counseling and guidance services;
30	30	(H) a safe and healthy school environment; and
31	31	(I) school employee wellness;
32	32	(3) appropriate grade levels and methods of
33	33	instruction for human sexuality instruction;
34	34	(4) strategies for integrating the curriculum
35	35	components specified by Subdivision (2) with the following elements
36	36	in a coordinated school health program for the district:
37	37	(A) school health services;
38	38	(B) counseling and guidance services;
39	39	(C) a safe and healthy school environment; and
40	40	(D) school employee wellness; [and]
41	41	(5) if feasible, joint use agreements or strategies
42	42	for collaboration between the school district and community
43	43	organizations or agencies; and
44	44	(6) strategies to increase parental awareness
45	45	regarding:
46	46	(A) risky behaviors and early warning signs of
47	47	suicide risks and behavioral health concerns, including mental
48	48	health disorders and substance use disorders; and
49	49	(B) available community programs and services
50	50	that address risky behaviors, suicide risks, and behavioral health
51	51	concerns.
52	52	SECTION 2. Section 161.325(d), Health and Safety Code, is
53	53	amended to read as follows:
54	54	(d) A school district may develop practices and procedures
55	55	concerning each area listed in Subsection (a-1), including mental
56	56	health promotion and intervention, substance abuse prevention and
57	57	intervention, and suicide prevention, that:
58	58	(1) include a procedure for providing educational
59	59	material to all parents and families in the district that contains
60	60	information on identifying risk factors, accessing resources for
61	61	treatment or support provided on and off campus, and accessing
62	62	available student accommodations provided on campus;
63	63	(2) include a procedure for providing notice of a
64	64	recommendation for early mental health or substance abuse
65	65	intervention regarding a student to a parent or guardian of the
66	66	student within a reasonable amount of time after the identification
67	67	of early warning signs as described by Subsection (b)(2);
68	68	(3) [(2)] include a procedure for providing notice of
69	69	a student identified as at risk of committing suicide to a parent or
70	70	guardian of the student within a reasonable amount of time after the
71	71	identification of early warning signs as described by Subsection
72	72	(b)(2);
73	73	(4) [(3)] establish that the district may develop a
74	74	reporting mechanism and may designate at least one person to act as
75	75	a liaison officer in the district for the purposes of identifying
76	76	students in need of early mental health or substance abuse
77	77	intervention or suicide prevention; and
78	78	(5) [(4)] set out available counseling alternatives
79	79	for a parent or guardian to consider when their child is identified
80	80	as possibly being in need of early mental health or substance abuse
81	81	intervention or suicide prevention.
82	82	SECTION 3. Subchapter O-1, Chapter 161, Health and Safety
83	83	Code, is amended by adding Section 161.3255 to read as follows:
84	84	Sec. 161.3255. PARENT EDUCATION ON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
85	85	ISSUES. (a) In this section, "parent" includes a guardian or other
86	86	person standing in parental relation.
87	87	(b) At each campus in a school district in which at least 70
88	88	percent of the students in average daily attendance are
89	89	educationally disadvantaged, homeless, as defined by 42 U.S.C.
90	90	Section 11302, or in the conservatorship of the Department of
91	91	Family and Protective Services, the district shall develop and
92	92	implement a plan to increase parent and student knowledge and
93	93	understanding of behavioral health disorders and treatment
94	94	options. The plan must include strategies to educate and assist
95	95	students and parents on:
96	96	(1) identifying mental health disorders, substance
97	97	use disorders, suicidal ideation, and issues related to trauma in
98	98	children and youth;
99	99	(2) accessing resources for treatment or support
100	100	provided on and off campus; and
101	101	(3) accessing available accommodations provided on
102	102	campus for student success.
103	103	(c) A school district may use internal or external resources
104	104	to implement the strategies included in the plan required under
105	105	Subsection (b), including:
106	106	(1) developing and integrating behavioral health
107	107	education as part of the health curriculum;
108	108	(2) collaborating with behavioral health providers
109	109	for treatment referrals and treatment services provided on campus;
110	110	(3) establishing partnerships with community-based
111	111	organizations to provide relevant education and support;
112	112	(4) designating a behavioral-health parent-liaison at
113	113	each campus of the district; and
114	114	(5) exploring other promising practices in the areas
115	115	of identifying and treating mental health disorders, substance use
116	116	disorders, suicidal ideation, and issues related to trauma in
117	117	children and youth.
118	118	SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
119	119	school year.
120	120	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.