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1	1	89R8914 JDK-F
2	2	By: Thompson H.B. No. 3536
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the Collaborative Task Force on Public School Mental
10	10	Health Services.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 38.302, Education Code, is amended to
13	13	read as follows:
14	14	Sec. 38.302. ESTABLISHMENT. The Collaborative Task Force
15	15	on Public School Mental Health Services is established to study and
16	16	evaluate:
17	17	(1) mental health services that are funded by this
18	18	state and provided at a school district or open-enrollment charter
19	19	school for purposes of Sections 37.115 and 38.351 directly to:
20	20	(A) a student enrolled in the district or school;
21	21	(B) a parent or family member of or person
22	22	standing in parental relation to a student enrolled in the district
23	23	or school; or
24	24	(C) an employee of the district or school;
25	25	(2) training provided to an educator employed by the
26	26	district or school to provide the mental health services described
27	27	by Subdivision (1); and
28	28	(3) the impact the mental health services described by
29	29	Subdivision (1) have on:
30	30	(A) the number of violent incidents that occur at
31	31	school districts or open-enrollment charter schools;
32	32	(B) the suicide rate of the individuals who are
33	33	provided the mental health services described by Subdivision (1);
34	34	(C) the number of public school students referred
35	35	to the Department of Family and Protective Services for
36	36	investigation services and the reasons for those referrals;
37	37	(D) the number of individuals who are transported
38	38	from each school district or open-enrollment charter school for an
39	39	emergency detention under Chapter 573, Health and Safety Code;
40	40	[and]
41	41	(E) the number of public school students referred
42	42	to outside providers for mental health care, including outside
43	43	counselors referred to in accordance with Section 38.010; and
44	44	(F) fostering a positive school climate as
45	45	defined by Section 38.351(d).
46	46	SECTION 2. Subchapter F-1, Chapter 38, Education Code, is
47	47	amended by adding Section 38.3031 to read as follows:
48	48	Sec. 38.3031. TERMS; VACANCY. (a) Members of the task
49	49	force serve staggered three-year terms. A member may serve more
50	50	than one term.
51	51	(b) A vacancy on the task force shall be filled in the same
52	52	manner as the original placement or appointment, as applicable.
53	53	SECTION 3. Section 38.308(a), Education Code, is amended to
54	54	read as follows:
55	55	(a) The task force shall:
56	56	(1) gather data on:
57	57	(A) the number of students enrolled in each
58	58	school district and open-enrollment charter school;
59	59	(B) the number of individuals to whom each school
60	60	district or open-enrollment charter school provides the mental
61	61	health services described by Section 38.302(1);
62	62	(C) the number of individuals for whom each
63	63	school district or open-enrollment charter school has the resources
64	64	to provide the mental health services described by Section
65	65	38.302(1);
66	66	(D) the number of individuals described by
67	67	Paragraph (B) who are referred to an inpatient or outpatient mental
68	68	health provider;
69	69	(E) the number of individuals who are transported
70	70	from each school district or open-enrollment charter school for an
71	71	emergency detention under Chapter 573, Health and Safety Code;
72	72	(F) the race, ethnicity, gender, special
73	73	education status, educationally disadvantaged status, and
74	74	geographic location of:
75	75	(i) individuals who are provided the mental
76	76	health services described by Section 38.302(1);
77	77	(ii) individuals who are described by
78	78	Paragraph (D);
79	79	(iii) individuals who are described by
80	80	Paragraph (E);
81	81	(iv) individuals who are described by
82	82	Paragraph (H); [and]
83	83	(v) individuals who are described by
84	84	Paragraph (I);
85	85	(vi) individuals who are described by
86	86	Paragraph (L)(ii);
87	87	(vii) individuals who are described by
88	88	Paragraph (M)(iii); and
89	89	(viii) individuals who are described by
90	90	Paragraph (N)(iii);
91	91	(G) mental health services and trainings
92	92	provided by:
93	93	(i) school districts, at both the campus
94	94	and district level; and
95	95	(ii) open-enrollment charter schools;
96	96	(H) the number of individuals who were placed in
97	97	a disciplinary alternative education program or out-of-school
98	98	suspension or expelled;
99	99	(I) the number of threat assessments conducted
100	100	under Section 37.115; [and]
101	101	(J) the number of reports made from each school
102	102	district or open-enrollment charter school by an employee of the
103	103	district or school or by a school resource officer, to the
104	104	Department of Family and Protective Services regarding an alleged
105	105	incident of abuse or neglect;
106	106	(K) the mental health supports and services
107	107	offered directly to students by a school district or
108	108	open-enrollment charter school through the systemic and
109	109	coordinated multitiered support system for mental health under
110	110	Section 37.115 and in accordance with Section 38.351;
111	111	(L) the number of referrals to mental health
112	112	supports and services offered directly to students by a school
113	113	district or open-enrollment charter school through the systemic and
114	114	coordinated multitiered support system for mental health under
115	115	Section 37.115 and in accordance with Section 38.351, including:
116	116	(i) the number of referrals resulting from
117	117	a threat assessment; and
118	118	(ii) the number of students who received
119	119	the support or service to which the student was referred;
120	120	(M) the number of referrals to a partner or
121	121	community-based provider, including:
122	122	(i) the number of referrals made to each
123	123	provider;
124	124	(ii) the number of referrals resulting from
125	125	a threat assessment; and
126	126	(iii) the number of students who received
127	127	the support or service to which the student was referred; and
128	128	(N) the number of referrals to a psychiatric
129	129	hospital, acute care hospital, or emergency room to address acute
130	130	mental health risks, including:
131	131	(i) the number of referrals made to each
132	132	provider;
133	133	(ii) the number of referrals resulting from
134	134	a threat assessment; and
135	135	(iii) the number of students who received
136	136	the support or service to which the student was referred; and
137	137	(2) study, evaluate, and make recommendations
138	138	regarding the mental health services described by Section
139	139	38.302(1), the training described by Section 38.302(2), and the
140	140	impact of those mental health services, as described by Section
141	141	38.302(3), including addressing:
142	142	(A) the outcomes and the effectiveness of the
143	143	services and training provided, including the outcomes and
144	144	effectiveness of the service and training providers and the
145	145	programs under which services and training are provided, in:
146	146	(i) improving student academic achievement
147	147	and attendance;
148	148	(ii) reducing student disciplinary
149	149	proceedings, suspensions, placements in a disciplinary alternative
150	150	education program, and expulsions; and
151	151	(iii) delivering prevention and
152	152	intervention services to promote early mental health skills,
153	153	including:
154	154	(a) building skills relating to
155	155	managing emotions, establishing and maintaining positive
156	156	relationships, and making responsible decisions;
157	157	(b) preventing substance abuse;
158	158	(c) preventing suicides;
159	159	(d) adhering to the purpose of the
160	160	relevant program services or training;
161	161	(e) promoting trauma-informed
162	162	practices;
163	163	(f) promoting a positive school
164	164	climate, as defined by Section 38.351(d), in the district or
165	165	school; and
166	166	(g) improving physical and emotional
167	167	safety and well-being in the district or school and reducing
168	168	violence in the district or school;
169	169	(B) best practices for districts and schools in
170	170	implementing the services or training in accordance with Sections
171	171	37.115 and 38.351, including best practices for:
172	172	(i) funding for mental health services and
173	173	training provided by a district or school;
174	174	(ii) improving psychological safety;
175	175	(iii) coordinating systemic and
176	176	multitiered support systems that address school climate, as defined
177	177	by Section 39.351(d), the social and emotional domain, and
178	178	behavioral and mental health;
179	179	(iv) increasing contract-based
180	180	collaborative efforts or partnerships with local community
181	181	programs, agencies, and providers; and
182	182	(v) district or school and campus level
183	183	policies and procedures related to referral pathways to increase
184	184	access to mental health services;
185	185	(C) disparities in the race, ethnicity, gender,
186	186	special education status, and geographic location of individuals
187	187	receiving the services; and
188	188	(D) best practices to replicate the services or
189	189	training for all districts and schools.
190	190	SECTION 4. Section 38.312, Education Code, is amended to
191	191	read as follows:
192	192	Sec. 38.312. EXPIRATION. The task force is abolished and
193	193	this subchapter expires December 1, 2031 [2025].
194	194	SECTION 5. As soon as practicable after the effective date
195	195	of this Act, the members of the Collaborative Task Force on Public
196	196	School Mental Health Services shall draw lots to determine which
197	197	members serve a term expiring September 1, 2026, which members
198	198	serve a term expiring September 1, 2027, and which members serve a
199	199	term expiring September 1, 2028. The lots must be split into thirds
200	200	or as near to thirds as possible.
201	201	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
202	202	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
203	203	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
204	204	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
205	205	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.