Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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1	1	88R8073 MM-D
2	2	By: Manuel H.B. No. 5096
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to mental health first aid training for certain school
8	8	district employees and volunteers.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 22, Education Code, is
11	11	amended by adding Section 22.904 to read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 22.904. MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING. A school
13	13	district shall require each district employee or volunteer who
14	14	regularly interacts with students enrolled at the district,
15	15	including an educator, school bus driver, custodian, or cafeteria
16	16	worker, to complete an evidence-based mental health first aid
17	17	training program designed to provide instruction to participants
18	18	regarding the recognition and support of children and youth who
19	19	experience a mental health or substance use issue.
20	20	SECTION 2. Section 1001.201, Health and Safety Code, is
21	21	amended by amending Subdivision (4) and adding Subdivision (4-a) to
22	22	read as follows:
23	23	(4) "School district employee" means a person employed
24	24	by a school district who regularly interacts with students through
25	25	the course of the person's duties, including an educator, a
26	26	secretary, a school bus driver, a custodian, or a cafeteria worker.
27	27	(4-a) "School district volunteer" means a person who
28	28	volunteers at a school district and regularly interacts with
29	29	students at the district while performing duties as a volunteer.
30	30	SECTION 3. The heading to Section 1001.203, Health and
31	31	Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
32	32	Sec. 1001.203. GRANTS FOR TRAINING CERTAIN UNIVERSITY
33	33	EMPLOYEES, SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, SCHOOL DISTRICT VOLUNTEERS,
34	34	AND SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS IN MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID.
35	35	SECTION 4. Sections 1001.203(a), (c), and (e), Health and
36	36	Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
37	37	(a) To the extent funds are appropriated to the department
38	38	for that purpose, the department shall make grants to local mental
39	39	health authorities to provide an approved mental health first aid
40	40	training program, administered by mental health first aid trainers,
41	41	at no cost to university employees, school district employees,
42	42	school district volunteers, and school resource officers.
43	43	(c) The department shall grant $100 to a local mental health
44	44	authority for each university employee, school district employee,
45	45	school district volunteer, or school resource officer who
46	46	successfully completes a mental health first aid training program
47	47	provided by the authority under this section.
48	48	(e) A local mental health authority may contract with a
49	49	regional education service center to provide a mental health first
50	50	aid training program to university employees, school district
51	51	employees, school district volunteers, and school resource
52	52	officers under this section.
53	53	SECTION 5. The heading to Section 1001.2031, Health and
54	54	Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
55	55	Sec. 1001.2031. SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS FOR TRAINING CERTAIN
56	56	UNIVERSITY EMPLOYEES, SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, SCHOOL DISTRICT
57	57	VOLUNTEERS, AND SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS IN MENTAL HEALTH FIRST
58	58	AID.
59	59	SECTION 6. Sections 1001.205(a) and (b), Health and Safety
60	60	Code, are amended to read as follows:
61	61	(a) Not later than September 30 of each year, a local mental
62	62	health authority shall provide to the department the number of:
63	63	(1) employees and contractors of the authority who
64	64	were trained as mental health first aid trainers under Section
65	65	1001.202 during the preceding fiscal year, the number of trainers
66	66	who left the program for any reason during the preceding fiscal
67	67	year, and the number of active trainers;
68	68	(2) university employees, school district employees,
69	69	school district volunteers, and school resource officers who
70	70	completed a mental health first aid training program offered by the
71	71	authority under Section 1001.203 during the preceding fiscal year
72	72	categorized by local mental health authority region, university or
73	73	school district, as applicable, and category of personnel;
74	74	(3) individuals who are not university employees,
75	75	school district employees, school district volunteers, or school
76	76	resource officers who completed a mental health first aid training
77	77	program offered by the authority during the preceding fiscal year;
78	78	and
79	79	(4) veterans and immediate family members of veterans
80	80	who completed the veterans module of a mental health first aid
81	81	training program offered by the authority during the preceding
82	82	fiscal year.
83	83	(b) Not later than December 1 of each year, the department
84	84	shall compile the information submitted by local mental health
85	85	authorities as required by Subsection (a) and submit a report to the
86	86	legislature containing:
87	87	(1) the number of authority employees and contractors
88	88	trained as mental health first aid trainers during the preceding
89	89	fiscal year, the number of trainers who left the program for any
90	90	reason during the preceding fiscal year, and the number of active
91	91	trainers;
92	92	(2) the number of university employees, school
93	93	district employees, school district volunteers, and school
94	94	resource officers who completed a mental health first aid training
95	95	program provided by an authority during the preceding fiscal year
96	96	categorized by local mental health authority region, university or
97	97	school district, as applicable, and category of personnel;
98	98	(3) the number of individuals who are not university
99	99	employees, school district employees, school district volunteers,
100	100	or school resource officers who completed a mental health first aid
101	101	training program provided by an authority during the preceding
102	102	fiscal year;
103	103	(4) veterans and immediate family members of veterans
104	104	who completed the veterans module of a mental health first aid
105	105	training program provided by an authority during the preceding
106	106	fiscal year; and
107	107	(5) a detailed accounting of expenditures of money
108	108	appropriated for the purpose of implementing this subchapter.
109	109	SECTION 7. Not later than September 1, 2024, each school
110	110	district shall ensure that each district employee or volunteer
111	111	described by Section 22.904, Education Code, as added by this Act,
112	112	has completed an evidence-based mental health first aid training
113	113	program as required by that section.
114	114	SECTION 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.