Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1	1	86R9023 GCB-D
2	2	By: Lucio S.B. No. 1563
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to identification and development of mental health
8	8	resources for students.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Chapter 38, Education Code, is amended by adding
11	11	Subchapter F to read as follows:
12	12	SUBCHAPTER F. MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES
13	13	Sec. 38.251. RUBRIC TO IDENTIFY RESOURCES. (a) The agency
14	14	shall develop a rubric for use by regional education service
15	15	centers in identifying resources related to student mental health
16	16	that are available to schools in their respective regions. The
17	17	agency shall develop the rubric in conjunction with:
18	18	(1) the Health and Human Services Commission;
19	19	(2) the Department of Family and Protective Services;
20	20	(3) the Texas Juvenile Justice Department;
21	21	(4) the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board;
22	22	(5) the Texas Workforce Commission; and
23	23	(6) any other state agency the agency considers
24	24	appropriate.
25	25	(b) The rubric developed by the agency must provide for the
26	26	identification of resources relating to:
27	27	(1) training and technical assistance on practices
28	28	that support the mental health of students;
29	29	(2) school-based programs that provide prevention or
30	30	intervention services to students;
31	31	(3) community-based programs that provide
32	32	school-based or school-connected prevention or intervention
33	33	services to students;
34	34	(4) school-based mental health providers; and
35	35	(5) public and private funding sources available to
36	36	address the mental health of students.
37	37	(c) Not later than December 1 of each odd-numbered year, the
38	38	agency shall revise the rubric as necessary to reflect changes in
39	39	resources that may be available to schools and provide the rubric to
40	40	each regional education service center.
41	41	Sec. 38.252. REGIONAL INVENTORY OF MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES.
42	42	(a) Each regional education service center shall use the rubric
43	43	developed under Section 38.251 to identify resources related to
44	44	student mental health available to schools in the center's region,
45	45	including evidence-based and promising programs and best
46	46	practices, that:
47	47	(1) create school environments that support the
48	48	social, emotional, and academic development of students;
49	49	(2) identify students who may need additional
50	50	behavioral or mental health support before issues arise;
51	51	(3) provide early, effective interventions to
52	52	students in need of additional support;
53	53	(4) connect students and their families to specialized
54	54	services in the school or community when needed; and
55	55	(5) assist schools in aligning resources necessary to
56	56	address the mental health of students.
57	57	(b) A regional education service center may consult with any
58	58	entity the center considers necessary in identifying resources
59	59	under Subsection (a), including:
60	60	(1) school districts;
61	61	(2) local mental health authorities;
62	62	(3) community mental health services providers;
63	63	(4) education groups;
64	64	(5) hospitals; and
65	65	(6) institutions of higher education.
66	66	(c) Not later than March 1 of each even-numbered year, each
67	67	regional education service center shall:
68	68	(1) use the revised rubric received from the agency
69	69	under Section 38.251 to identify, in the manner provided by this
70	70	section, any additional resources that may be available to schools
71	71	in the center's region; and
72	72	(2) submit to the agency a report on resources
73	73	identified through the process, including any additional resources
74	74	identified under Subdivision (1).
75	75	Sec. 38.253. STATEWIDE INVENTORY OF MENTAL HEALTH
76	76	RESOURCES. (a) The agency shall develop a list of statewide
77	77	resources available to school districts to address the mental
78	78	health of students, including:
79	79	(1) training and technical assistance on practices
80	80	that support the mental health of students;
81	81	(2) school-based programs that provide prevention or
82	82	intervention services to students;
83	83	(3) community-based programs that provide
84	84	school-based or school-connected prevention or intervention
85	85	services to students;
86	86	(4) school-based mental health providers; and
87	87	(5) public and private funding sources available to
88	88	address the mental health of students.
89	89	(b) In developing the list required under Subsection (a),
90	90	the agency shall collaborate with:
91	91	(1) the Health and Human Services Commission;
92	92	(2) the Department of Family and Protective Services;
93	93	(3) the Texas Juvenile Justice Department;
94	94	(4) the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board;
95	95	(5) the Texas Workforce Commission;
96	96	(6) hospitals or other health care providers;
97	97	(7) community service providers;
98	98	(8) parent, educator, and advocacy groups; and
99	99	(9) any entity the agency determines can assist the
100	100	agency in compiling the list.
101	101	(c) The agency shall include on the list any resource
102	102	available through an entity identified as a resource under
103	103	Subsection (b), including an entity described by Subsection (b),
104	104	that provides evidence-based and promising programs and best
105	105	practices that:
106	106	(1) create school environments that support the
107	107	social, emotional, and academic development of students;
108	108	(2) identify students who may need additional
109	109	behavioral or mental health support before issues arise;
110	110	(3) provide early, effective interventions to
111	111	students in need of additional support; and
112	112	(4) connect students and their families to specialized
113	113	services in the school or community when needed.
114	114	(d) The agency shall revise the list not later than March 1
115	115	of each even-numbered year.
116	116	Sec. 38.254. STATEWIDE PLAN FOR STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH. (a)
117	117	The agency shall develop a statewide plan to ensure all students
118	118	have access to adequate mental health resources. The agency shall
119	119	include in the plan:
120	120	(1) a description of any revisions made to the rubric
121	121	required by Section 38.251;
122	122	(2) the results of the most recent regional inventory
123	123	of mental health resources required by Section 38.252, including
124	124	any additional resources identified;
125	125	(3) the results of the most recent statewide inventory
126	126	of mental health resources required by Section 38.253, including
127	127	any additional resources identified;
128	128	(4) the agency's goals for student mental health
129	129	access to be applied across the state, including goals relating to:
130	130	(A) methods to objectively measure positive
131	131	school climate;
132	132	(B) increasing the availability of early,
133	133	effective school-based or school-connected mental health
134	134	interventions and resources for students in need of additional
135	135	support; and
136	136	(C) increasing the availability of referrals for
137	137	students and families to specialized services for students in need
138	138	of additional support outside the school;
139	139	(5) a list of actions the commissioner may take
140	140	without legislative action to help all districts reach the agency's
141	141	goals described by the plan; and
142	142	(6) recommendations to the legislature on methods to
143	143	ensure that all districts can meet the agency's goals described in
144	144	the plan through legislative appropriations or other action by the
145	145	legislature.
146	146	(b) In developing the agency's goals under Subsection
147	147	(a)(4), the agency shall consult with any person the agency
148	148	believes is necessary to the development of the goals, including:
149	149	(1) educators;
150	150	(2) mental health practitioners;
151	151	(3) advocacy groups; and
152	152	(4) parents.
153	153	(c) The agency shall revise the plan not later than April 1
154	154	of each even-numbered year.
155	155	(d) As soon as practicable after completing or revising the
156	156	plan, the agency shall:
157	157	(1) submit an electronic copy of the plan to the
158	158	legislature;
159	159	(2) post the plan on the agency's Internet website; and
160	160	(3) hold public meetings in each regional education
161	161	service center's region to present the statewide plan and shall
162	162	provide an opportunity for public comment at each meeting.
163	163	Sec. 38.255. AGENCY USE OF STATEWIDE PLAN. (a) The agency
164	164	shall use the statewide plan for student mental health required by
165	165	Section 38.254 to develop and revise the agency's long-term
166	166	strategic plan.
167	167	(b) The agency shall use the recommendations to the
168	168	legislature required by Section 38.254(a)(6) to develop each agency
169	169	legislative appropriations request.
170	170	Sec. 38.256. REPORTS TO LEGISLATURE. In addition to any
171	171	other information required to be provided to the legislature under
172	172	this chapter, not later than November 1 of each even-numbered year
173	173	the agency shall provide to the legislature:
174	174	(1) a description of any changes the agency has made to
175	175	the rubric required by Section 38.251; and
176	176	(2) an analysis of each region's progress toward
177	177	meeting the agency's goals developed under Section 38.254.
178	178	SECTION 2. (a) Not later than December 1, 2019, the Texas
179	179	Education Agency shall develop and distribute to each regional
180	180	education service center the rubric required by Section 38.251,
181	181	Education Code, as added by this Act.
182	182	(b) Not later than March 1, 2020:
183	183	(1) each regional education service center shall
184	184	complete the regional inventory of mental health resources required
185	185	by Section 38.252, Education Code, as added by this Act, and report
186	186	to the Texas Education Agency on the resources identified through
187	187	the inventory; and
188	188	(2) the Texas Education Agency shall complete the
189	189	statewide inventory of mental health resources required by Section
190	190	38.253, Education Code, as added by this Act, and develop a list of
191	191	resources available to school districts statewide to address the
192	192	mental health of students.
193	193	(c) Not later than April 1, 2020, the Texas Education Agency
194	194	shall develop the statewide plan for student mental health required
195	195	by Section 38.254, Education Code, as added by this Act, submit an
196	196	electronic copy of the plan to the legislature, and post the plan on
197	197	the agency's Internet website.
198	198	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
199	199	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
200	200	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
201	201	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
202	202	Act takes effect September 1, 2019.