| 1 | 1 | | 88R13389 CXP-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Zwiener H.B. No. 3838 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to trauma-informed care training for certain state |
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| 8 | 8 | | employees developed by the Health and Human Services Commission. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 656, Government Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 656.056 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 656.056. TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE TRAINING. (a) The |
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| 13 | 13 | | Health and Human Services Commission shall develop a |
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| 14 | 14 | | trauma-informed care training program for state agency employees. |
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| 15 | 15 | | (b) Each state agency shall administer the trauma-informed |
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| 16 | 16 | | care training program to the agency's employees who interact |
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| 17 | 17 | | directly with members of the public in performing the employees' |
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| 18 | 18 | | regular duties. |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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| 20 | 20 | | of this Act, the Health and Human Services Commission shall develop |
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| 21 | 21 | | the trauma-informed care training program required under Section |
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| 22 | 22 | | 656.056, Government Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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