Bill Text: TX HB581 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the inclusion of suicide prevention information on student identification cards issued by a public institution of higher education.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-29 - Withdrawn from schedule [HB581 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB581-Introduced.html
| 87R2703 CXP-D | ||
| By: Hinojosa | H.B. No. 581 | |
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| relating to the inclusion of suicide prevention information on | ||
| student identification cards issued by a public institution of | ||
| higher education. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 51.91941 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 51.91941. SUICIDE PREVENTION INFORMATION REQUIRED ON | ||
| STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARD. (a) In this section, "institution of | ||
| higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. | ||
| (b) Each student identification card issued by an | ||
| institution of higher education must have printed on the card the | ||
| contact information for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 51.91941, Education Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, applies beginning with student identification cards | ||
| issued for the 2021 fall semester. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
