Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2282 Compare Versions

Version 1 (Old)

Version 2 (New)

Old	New		Differences
1		-	By: West, ~~et al.~~ S.B. No. 2282
2		-	~~(Thierry, Bernal, Talarico, et al.)~~
	1	+	By: West, Lucio S.B. No. 2282
	2	+	Menéndez
3	3
4	4
5	5		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6		AN ACT
7	7		relating to providing mental health services and mental health
8	8		education to public school students at school-based health centers.
9	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10		SECTION 1. Section 38.051(a), Education Code, is amended to
11	11		read as follows:
12	12		(a) A school district in this state may, if the district
13	13		identifies the need, design a model in accordance with this
14	14		subchapter for the delivery of cooperative health care programs for
15	15		students and their families and may compete for grants awarded
16	16		under this subchapter. The model may provide for the delivery of:
17	17		(1) conventional health services;
18	18		(2) mental health services; and
19	19		(3) disease prevention of emerging health threats that
20	20		are specific to the district.
21	21		SECTION 2. Section 38.054, Education Code, is amended to
22	22		read as follows:
23	23		Sec. 38.054. CATEGORIES OF SERVICES. The permissible
24	24		categories of services are:
25	25		(1) family and home support;
26	26		(2) mental health care;
27	27		(3) health care, including immunizations;
28	28		(4) [(3)] dental health care;
29	29		(5) [(4)] health education; and
30	30		(6) [(5)] preventive health strategies.
31	31		SECTION 3. Section 38.058, Education Code, is amended to
32	32		read as follows:
33	33		Sec. 38.058. HEALTH EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE ADVISORY
34	34		COUNCIL. (a) The board of trustees of a school district may
35	35		establish and appoint members to a local health education and
36	36		health care advisory council to make recommendations to the
37	37		district on the establishment of school-based health centers to
38	38		provide health care services, including mental health services, and
39	39		to assist the district in ensuring that local community values are
40	40		reflected in the operation of each center and in the provision of
41	41		health education and mental health education.
42	42		(b) A majority of the members of the council must be parents
43	43		of students enrolled in the district. In addition to the appointees
44	44		who are parents of students, the board of trustees shall also
45	45		appoint at least one person from each of the following groups:
46	46		(1) teachers;
47	47		(2) school administrators;
48	48		(3) licensed health care professionals;
49	49		(4) licensed mental health services providers;
50	50		(5) the clergy;
51	51		(6) [(5)] law enforcement;
52	52		(7) [(6)] the business community;
53	53		(8) [(7)] senior citizens; and
54	54		(9) [(8)] students.
55	55		SECTION 4. Section 38.063(c), Education Code, is amended to
56	56		read as follows:
57	57		(c) All health care programs should be designed to meet the
58	58		following goals:
59	59		(1) reducing student absenteeism;
60	60		(2) increasing a student's ability to meet the
61	61		student's academic potential; and
62	62		(3) stabilizing the physical and mental well-being of
63	63		a student.
64	64		SECTION 5. Section 38.064(a), Education Code, is amended to
65	65		read as follows:
66	66		(a) Based on statistics obtained from every school-based
67	67		health center in this state that receives funding through the
68	68		Department of State Health Services, the Department of State Health
69	69		Services shall issue a biennial report to the legislature about the
70	70		relative efficacy of services delivered by the centers during the
71	71		preceding two years and any increased academic success of students
72	72		at campuses served by those centers, with special emphasis on any:
73	73		(1) increased attendance, including attendance
74	74		information regarding students with chronic illnesses;
75	75		(2) decreased drop-out rates;
76	76		(3) improved student health, including improved
77	77		mental health;
78	78		(4) increased student immunization rates;
79	79		(5) increased student participation in preventive
80	80		health measures, including routine physical examinations and
81	81		checkups conducted in accordance with the Texas Health Steps
82	82		program; and
83	83		(6) improved performance on student assessment
84	84		instruments administered under Subchapter B, Chapter 39.
85	85		SECTION 6. The board of trustees of a school district that
86	86		has established a local health education and health care advisory
87	87		council under Section 38.058, Education Code, shall appoint a
88	88		licensed mental health services provider to the council, as
89	89		required by the change in law made by this Act, as soon as
90	90		practicable and not later than January 1, 2020.
91	91		SECTION 7. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
92	92		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
93	93		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
94	94		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
95	95		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.