Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1	1		87R887 GCB-D
2		-	By: Thierry~~, et al.~~ H.B. No. 1114
	2	+	By: Thierry H.B. No. 1114
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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 38.058, Education Code, is amended to
22	22		read as follows:
23	23		Sec. 38.058. HEALTH EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE ADVISORY
24	24		COUNCIL. (a) The board of trustees of a school district or the
25	25		governing body of an open-enrollment charter school may establish
26	26		and appoint members to a local health education and health care
27	27		advisory council to make recommendations to the district or school
28	28		on the establishment of school-based health centers to provide
29	29		health care services, including mental health services, and to
30	30		assist the district or school in ensuring that local community
31	31		values are reflected in the operation of each center and in the
32	32		provision of health education and mental health education.
33	33		(b) A majority of the members of the council must be parents
34	34		of students enrolled in the school district or open-enrollment
35	35		charter school. In addition to the appointees who are parents of
36	36		students, the board of trustees or governing body shall also
37	37		appoint at least one person from each of the following groups:
38	38		(1) classroom teachers;
39	39		(2) school administrators;
40	40		(3) school counselors;
41	41		(4) health care professionals licensed or certified to
42	42		practice in this state;
43	43		(5) mental health care professionals licensed to
44	44		practice in this state;
45	45		(6) the clergy;
46	46		(7) [(6)] law enforcement;
47	47		(8) [(7)] the business community;
48	48		(9) [(8)] senior citizens; and
49	49		(10) [(9)] students.
50	50		SECTION 3. Section 38.063(c), Education Code, is amended to
51	51		read as follows:
52	52		(c) All health care programs should be designed to meet the
53	53		following goals:
54	54		(1) reducing student absenteeism;
55	55		(2) increasing a student's ability to meet the
56	56		student's academic potential; and
57	57		(3) stabilizing the physical and mental well-being of
58	58		a student.
59	59		SECTION 4. Section 38.064(a), Education Code, is amended to
60	60		read as follows:
61	61		(a) Based on statistics obtained from every school-based
62	62		health center in this state that receives funding through the
63	63		Department of State Health Services, the Department of State Health
64	64		Services shall issue a biennial report to the legislature about the
65	65		relative efficacy of services delivered by the centers during the
66	66		preceding two years and any increased academic success of students
67	67		at campuses served by those centers, with special emphasis on any:
68	68		(1) increased attendance, including attendance
69	69		information regarding students with chronic illnesses;
70	70		(2) decreased drop-out rates;
71	71		(3) improved student health, including improved
72	72		mental health;
73	73		(4) increased student immunization rates;
74	74		(5) increased student participation in preventive
75	75		health measures, including routine physical examinations and
76	76		checkups conducted in accordance with the Texas Health Steps
77	77		program; and
78	78		(6) improved performance on student assessment
79	79		instruments administered under Subchapter B, Chapter 39.
80	80		SECTION 5. The board of trustees of a school district or the
81	81		governing body of an open-enrollment charter school that has
82	82		established a local health education and health care advisory
83	83		council under Section 38.058, Education Code, shall appoint to the
84	84		council a mental health professional licensed in this state, as
85	85		required by the change in law made by this Act, as soon as
86	86		practicable and not later than January 1, 2022.
87	87		SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
88	88		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
89	89		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
90	90		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
91	91		Act takes effect September 1, 2021.