Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1	2		By: West S.B. No. 325
2		-	(In the Senate - Filed January 12, 2021; March 9, 2021, read
3		-	first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 30, 2021,
4		-	reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 4;
5		-	April 30, 2021, sent to printer.)
6		-	Click here to see the committee vote
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9	5		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
10	6		AN ACT
11	7		relating to providing mental health services and mental health
12	8		education to public school students at school-based health centers.
13	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14	10		SECTION 1. Section 38.051(a), Education Code, is amended to
15	11		read as follows:
16	12		(a) A school district in this state may, if the district
17	13		identifies the need, design a model in accordance with this
18	14		subchapter for the delivery of cooperative health care programs for
19	15		students and their families and may compete for grants awarded
20	16		under this subchapter. The model may provide for the delivery of:
21	17		(1) conventional health services;
22	18		(2) mental health services; and
23	19		(3) disease prevention of emerging health threats that
24	20		are specific to the district.
25	21		SECTION 2. Section 38.058, Education Code, is amended to
26	22		read as follows:
27	23		Sec. 38.058. HEALTH EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE ADVISORY
28	24		COUNCIL. (a) The board of trustees of a school district or the
29	25		governing body of an open-enrollment charter school may establish
30	26		and appoint members to a local health education and health care
31	27		advisory council to make recommendations to the district or school
32	28		on the establishment of school-based health centers to provide
33	29		health care services, including mental health services, and to
34	30		assist the district or school in ensuring that local community
35	31		values are reflected in the operation of each center and in the
36	32		provision of health education and mental health education.
37	33		(b) A majority of the members of the council must be parents
38	34		of students enrolled in the school district or open-enrollment
39	35		charter school. In addition to the appointees who are parents of
40	36		students, the board of trustees or governing body shall also
41	37		appoint at least one person from each of the following groups:
42	38		(1) classroom teachers;
43	39		(2) school administrators;
44	40		(3) school counselors;
45	41		(4) health care professionals licensed or certified to
46	42		practice in this state;
47	43		(5) mental health care professionals licensed to
48	44		practice in this state;
49	45		(6) the clergy;
50	46		(7) [(6)] law enforcement;
51	47		(8) [(7)] the business community;
52	48		(9) [(8)] senior citizens; and
53	49		(10) [(9)] students.
54	50		SECTION 3. Section 38.063(c), Education Code, is amended to
55	51		read as follows:
56	52		(c) All health care programs should be designed to meet the
57	53		following goals:
58	54		(1) reducing student absenteeism;
59	55		(2) increasing a student's ability to meet the
60	56		student's academic potential; and
61	57		(3) stabilizing the physical and mental well-being of
62	58		a student.
63	59		SECTION 4. Section 38.064(a), Education Code, is amended to
64	60		read as follows:
65	61		(a) Based on statistics obtained from every school-based
66	62		health center in this state that receives funding through the
67	63		Department of State Health Services, the Department of State Health
68	64		Services shall issue a biennial report to the legislature about the
69	65		relative efficacy of services delivered by the centers during the
70	66		preceding two years and any increased academic success of students
71	67		at campuses served by those centers, with special emphasis on any:
72	68		(1) increased attendance, including attendance
73	69		information regarding students with chronic illnesses;
74	70		(2) decreased drop-out rates;
75	71		(3) improved student health, including improved
76	72		mental health;
77	73		(4) increased student immunization rates;
78	74		(5) increased student participation in preventive
79	75		health measures, including routine physical examinations and
80	76		checkups conducted in accordance with the Texas Health Steps
81	77		program; and
82	78		(6) improved performance on student assessment
83	79		instruments administered under Subchapter B, Chapter 39.
84	80		SECTION 5. The board of trustees of a school district or the
85	81		governing body of an open-enrollment charter school that has
86	82		established a local health education and health care advisory
87	83		council under Section 38.058, Education Code, shall appoint to the
88	84		council a mental health professional licensed in this state, as
89	85		required by the change in law made by this Act, as soon as
90	86		practicable and not later than January 1, 2022.
91	87		SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
92	88		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
93	89		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
94	90		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
95	91		Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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