Bill Text: TX HB3690 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of the Healthy Minds Campus program by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-16 - Referred to Higher Education [HB3690 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3690-Introduced.html
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By: Jones of Harris | H.B. No. 3690 |
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relating to the establishment of the Healthy Minds Campus program | ||
by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 61.09093 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 61.09093. HEALTHY MINDS CAMPUS PROGRAM. (a) The board | ||
shall establish and administer a Healthy Minds Campus program under | ||
which the board shall designate a campus of an institution of higher | ||
education as a Healthy Minds Campus if the institution: | ||
(1) applies to the board in the manner prescribed by | ||
board rule; | ||
(2) designates a staff member of the institution as a | ||
mental health liaison, whose duties include: | ||
(A) identifying students enrolled at the | ||
institution in need of prevention programs and telehealth services; | ||
(B) determining appropriate evidence-based | ||
mental health trainings for faculty and staff; | ||
(C) gathering and reporting data to encourage | ||
information sharing across institutions of higher education; and | ||
(D) assisting in coordinating mental health | ||
awareness events on campus; | ||
(3) implements mental health awareness programs to | ||
inform students about mental health conditions and available | ||
resources; | ||
(4) provides training for students, faculty, and staff | ||
regarding recognizing and addressing the mental health needs of | ||
students, which may include an evidence-based mental health first | ||
aid training program; | ||
(5) provides peer support programs to improve the | ||
emotional well-being of students by using student peers to support | ||
individuals living with mental health conditions on campus; and | ||
(6) collaborates with local mental health service | ||
providers in the campus's surrounding communities to improve mental | ||
health services capacity. | ||
(b) Under the Healthy Minds Campus program, the board may: | ||
(1) provide access to mental health programs and | ||
gather student mental health data for institutions with the Healthy | ||
Minds Campus designation; and | ||
(2) promote mental health resource sharing across | ||
institutions of higher education. | ||
(c) The board may adapt the rubric developed by the Texas | ||
Education Agency under Section 38.251 for use by institutions of | ||
higher education in implementing mental health services and | ||
programs. | ||
(d) The board shall adopt rules as necessary to administer | ||
this section. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |