Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1176 Compare Versions

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1	1	86R10407 GCB-F
2	2	By: Menéndez S.B. No. 1176
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to a requirement that the Statewide Behavioral Health
8	8	Coordinating Council prepare a report regarding suicide rates in
9	9	this state and state efforts to prevent suicides.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS; PURPOSE. The
12	12	legislature finds that:
13	13	(1) suicide is a public health crisis that affects
14	14	residents of all ages in every region of this state; and
15	15	(2) policymakers need a better understanding of the
16	16	issue to determine the appropriate state and regional efforts
17	17	necessary to decrease suicide rates in this state across different
18	18	ages, places, and groups and to address the patchwork of state laws,
19	19	policies, programs, and efforts that are currently being used to
20	20	address suicide.
21	21	SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act:
22	22	(1) "Council" means the Statewide Behavioral Health
23	23	Coordinating Council.
24	24	(2) "Postvention" includes activities that promote
25	25	healing necessary to reduce the risk of suicide by a person affected
26	26	by the suicide of another.
27	27	SECTION 3. SUMMARY REPORT. (a) The Health and Human
28	28	Services Commission, in conjunction with the Department of State
29	29	Health Services, shall prepare a summary report on the prevalence
30	30	of suicide in this state and state policies and programs adopted
31	31	across state systems and agencies to prevent suicides. The summary
32	32	report must:
33	33	(1) include available statewide and regional data on
34	34	the prevalence rates of suicide-related events, including suicidal
35	35	thoughts, suicide attempts, and deaths caused by suicide, that to
36	36	the extent practicable, is presented in a form that:
37	37	(A) is disaggregated by county and recognized
38	38	categories of risk; and
39	39	(B) is longitudinal to identify changes in
40	40	suicide prevalence rates since 2000;
41	41	(2) identify the highest categories of risk with
42	42	correlational data;
43	43	(3) list state statutes, agency rules, and policies
44	44	related to suicide and suicide prevention, intervention, and
45	45	postvention; and
46	46	(4) describe state agency initiatives since 2000 to
47	47	address suicide and include the following information relating to
48	48	each initiative:
49	49	(A) the administering state agency;
50	50	(B) the funding sources, including whether the
51	51	funding was provided by:
52	52	(i) a federal block grant;
53	53	(ii) a federal discretionary grant; or
54	54	(iii) state appropriations;
55	55	(C) the years of operation; and
56	56	(D) whether the initiative is an example of a
57	57	community-based effort to address suicide.
58	58	(b) Not later than December 1, 2019, the Health and Human
59	59	Services Commission shall provide a copy of the summary report to
60	60	the council, the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of
61	61	the house of representatives, and each standing legislative
62	62	committee with primary jurisdiction over health and mental health.
63	63	SECTION 4. LEGISLATIVE REPORT. (a) Using the summary
64	64	report on suicide prepared under Section 3 of this Act and with
65	65	input from the stakeholder workgroup established under Subsection
66	66	(b) of this section, the council shall prepare a legislative report
67	67	on suicide in this state that identifies opportunities and makes
68	68	recommendations, including those that require legislative action,
69	69	for state agencies to:
70	70	(1) improve statewide and regional data collection on
71	71	suicide-related events;
72	72	(2) use data to guide and inform decisions and policy
73	73	development relating to suicide prevention; and
74	74	(3) decrease suicide in this state while targeting the
75	75	highest categories of risk.
76	76	(b) The council shall establish a stakeholder workgroup to
77	77	assist member agencies in preparing the report that includes:
78	78	(1) a representative of a nonprofit group that
79	79	supports community-based suicide prevention activities in this
80	80	state; and
81	81	(2) representatives of other groups involved in
82	82	suicide prevention activities.
83	83	(c) The chief administrator of each state agency
84	84	represented on the council is entitled to a copy of the legislative
85	85	report prepared under this section.
86	86	(d) Not later than September 1, 2020, the council shall
87	87	submit a copy of the legislative report to the governor, the
88	88	lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives,
89	89	and each standing legislative committee with primary jurisdiction
90	90	over health and mental health.
91	91	SECTION 5. EXPIRATION. This Act expires December 1, 2020.
92	92	SECTION 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect
93	93	immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members
94	94	elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas
95	95	Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for
96	96	immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2019.