H.B. No. 4074
AN ACT
relating to the collection and use of suicide data by the statewide
behavioral health coordinating council.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 531.476, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 531.476. POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) The council:
(1) shall develop and monitor the implementation of a
five-year statewide behavioral health strategic plan;
(2) shall develop a biennial coordinated statewide
behavioral health expenditure proposal;
(3) shall annually publish an updated inventory of
behavioral health programs and services that are funded by the
state that includes a description of how those programs and
services further the purpose of the statewide behavioral health
strategic plan;
(4) may create subcommittees to carry out the
council's duties under this subchapter; and
(5) may facilitate opportunities to increase
collaboration for the effective expenditure of available federal
and state funds for behavioral and mental health services in this
state.
(b) The council shall include statewide suicide prevention
efforts in its five-year statewide behavioral health strategic plan
under Subsection (a).
SECTION 2. Subchapter M-1, Chapter 531, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 531.477 to read as follows:
Sec. 531.477. SUICIDE PREVENTION SUBCOMMITTEE; SUICIDE
DATA REPORTS. (a) The council shall create a suicide prevention
subcommittee to focus on statewide suicide prevention efforts using
information collected by the council from available sources of
suicide data reports. The suicide prevention subcommittee shall
establish guidelines for the frequent use of those reports in
carrying out the council's purpose under this subchapter.
(b) The subcommittee created under this section shall
establish a method for identifying how suicide data reports are
used to make policy.
(c) Public or private entities that collect information
regarding suicide and suicide prevention may provide suicide data
reports to commission staff designated by the executive
commissioner to receive those reports.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4074 was passed by the House on May
11, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 132, Nays 11, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4074 was passed by the Senate on May
24, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 1.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor