Bill Text: TX HB568 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to education and training for peace officers on interacting with persons with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 28-3)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-02 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB568 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB568-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 568 | ||
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| relating to education and training for peace officers on | ||
| interacting with persons with Alzheimer's disease and other | ||
| dementias. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 1701.253(j), Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (j) As part of the minimum curriculum requirements, the | ||
| commission shall require an officer to complete a 40-hour statewide | ||
| education and training program on de-escalation and crisis | ||
| intervention techniques to facilitate interaction with persons | ||
| with mental impairments. The program must include instruction on | ||
| interacting with persons with Alzheimer's disease and other | ||
| dementias, including instruction on techniques for recognizing | ||
| symptoms, communicating effectively, employing alternatives to | ||
| physical restraints, and identifying signs of abuse, neglect, or | ||
| exploitation. An officer shall complete the program not later than | ||
| the second anniversary of the date the officer is licensed under | ||
| this chapter or the date the officer applies for an intermediate | ||
| proficiency certificate, whichever date is earlier. An officer may | ||
| not satisfy the requirements of this subsection or Section | ||
| 1701.402(g) by taking an online course on de-escalation and crisis | ||
| intervention techniques to facilitate interaction with persons | ||
| with mental impairments. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than April 1, 2024, the Texas | ||
| Commission on Law Enforcement shall revise the commission's | ||
| education and training programs as necessary to implement the | ||
| changes in law made by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 1701.253(j), Occupations Code, as | ||
| amended by this Act, applies only to a person who submits an | ||
| application for a peace officer license under Chapter 1701, | ||
| Occupations Code, on or after April 1, 2024. A person who submits | ||
| an application for a peace officer license under Chapter 1701, | ||
| Occupations Code, before April 1, 2024, is governed by the law in | ||
| effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the | ||
| former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 568 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 14, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 122, Nays 21, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 568 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 15, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays 5. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
