Bill Text: TX HB2441 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to required training on trauma-impacted veterans for certain peace officers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-13 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [HB2441 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2441-Introduced.html
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| By: Plesa | H.B. No. 2441 | |
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| relating to required training on trauma-impacted veterans for | ||
| certain peace officers. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 1701.352(b), Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) The commission shall require a state, county, special | ||
| district, or municipal agency that appoints or employs peace | ||
| officers to provide each peace officer with a training program at | ||
| least once every 48 months that is approved by the commission and | ||
| consists of: | ||
| (1) topics selected by the agency; and | ||
| (2) for an officer holding only a basic proficiency | ||
| certificate, not more than 20 hours of education and training that | ||
| contain curricula incorporating the learning objectives developed | ||
| by the commission regarding: | ||
| (A) civil rights, racial sensitivity, and | ||
| cultural diversity; | ||
| (B) de-escalation and crisis intervention | ||
| techniques to facilitate interaction with persons with mental | ||
| impairments, including training on identifying and interacting | ||
| with trauma-impacted veterans and training on diverting those | ||
| veterans to available community resources; | ||
| (C) de-escalation techniques to facilitate | ||
| interaction with members of the public, including techniques for | ||
| limiting the use of force resulting in bodily injury; and | ||
| (D) unless determined by the agency head to be | ||
| inconsistent with the officer's assigned duties: | ||
| (i) the recognition, documentation, and | ||
| investigation of cases that involve child abuse or neglect, family | ||
| violence, and sexual assault, including the use of best practices | ||
| and trauma-informed techniques to effectively recognize, document, | ||
| and investigate those cases; and | ||
| (ii) issues concerning sex offender | ||
| characteristics. | ||
| SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement shall adopt | ||
| rules necessary to implement Section 1701.352(b), Occupations | ||
| Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
