Bill Text: TX SB133 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to mental health first aid training for school district employees and school resource officers.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2015-06-17 - Effective immediately [SB133 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-SB133-Enrolled.html

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S.B. No. 133

AN ACT
relating to mental health first aid training for school district
employees and school resource officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1001.201, Health and Safety Code, as
added by Chapter 1306 (H.B. 3793), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
Regular Session, 2013, is amended by adding Subdivisions (4) and
(5) to read as follows:
(4) "School district employee" means a person employed
by a school district who regularly interacts with students through
the course of the person's duties, including an educator, a
secretary, a school bus driver, or a cafeteria worker.
(5) "School resource officer" has the meaning assigned
by Section 1701.601, Occupations Code.
SECTION 2. Subchapter H, Chapter 1001, Health and Safety
Code, as added by Chapter 1306 (H.B. 3793), Acts of the 83rd
Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is amended by adding Section
1001.2015 to read as follows:
Sec. 1001.2015. LIMITATION ON GRANTS. For each state
fiscal year, the department may give to a local mental health
authority in the form of grants under Sections 1001.202 and
1001.203 an amount that may not exceed the lesser of:
(1) three percent of the total amount appropriated to
the department for making grants under those sections; or
(2) $70,000.
SECTION 3. Section 1001.202(b), Health and Safety Code, as
added by Chapter 1306 (H.B. 3793), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
Regular Session, 2013, is amended to read as follows:
(b) The [Except as provided by Subsection (c), the]
department shall make each grant to a local mental health authority
under this section in an amount equal to $1,000 times the number of
employees or contractors of the authority whose training as mental
health first aid trainers will be paid by the grant.
SECTION 4. Sections 1001.203(a) and (c), Health and Safety
Code, as added by Chapter 1306 (H.B. 3793), Acts of the 83rd
Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, are amended to read as follows:
(a) To the extent funds are appropriated to the department
for that purpose, the department shall make grants to local mental
health authorities to provide an approved mental health first aid
training program, administered by mental health first aid trainers,
at no cost to school district employees and school resource
officers [educators].
(c) The [Subject to the limit provided by Subsection (b),
out of the funds appropriated to the department for making grants
under this section, the] department shall grant $100 to a local
mental health authority for each school district employee or school
resource officer [educator] who successfully completes a mental
health first aid training program provided by the authority under
this section.
SECTION 5. Subchapter H, Chapter 1001, Health and Safety
Code, as added by Chapter 1306 (H.B. 3793), Acts of the 83rd
Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is amended by adding Section
1001.2031 to read as follows:
Sec. 1001.2031. SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS FOR TRAINING CERTAIN
EDUCATORS IN MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID. For each state fiscal year,
the department may allocate any unobligated money appropriated for
making grants under Sections 1001.202 and 1001.203 for supplemental
grants. The department may give a supplemental grant to a local
mental health authority that submits to the department a revised
plan as provided under Section 1001.204 that demonstrates how the
additional grant money would be used if made available to the
authority.
SECTION 6. Section 1001.204(a), Health and Safety Code, as
added by Chapter 1306 (H.B. 3793), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
Regular Session, 2013, is amended to read as follows:
(a) Not later than July [October] 1 of each state fiscal
year for which a local mental health authority will seek a grant
from the department under Section 1001.203, the authority shall
submit to the department a plan demonstrating the manner in which
grants made to the authority under that section will be used:
(1) to train individuals in mental health first aid
throughout the authority's local service area to maximize the
number of children who have direct contact with an individual who
has successfully completed a mental health first aid training
program provided by the authority;
(2) to meet the greatest needs of the authority's local
service area, as identified by the authority; and
(3) to complement existing resources and not duplicate
established mental health first aid training efforts.
SECTION 7. Section 1001.205, Health and Safety Code, as
added by Chapter 1306 (H.B. 3793), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
Regular Session, 2013, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1001.205. REPORTS. (a) Not later than September 30
[July 1] of each year, a local mental health authority shall provide
to the department the number of:
(1) employees and contractors of the authority who
were trained as mental health first aid trainers under Section
1001.202 during the preceding fiscal year;
(2) educators, school district employees other than
educators, and school resource officers who completed a mental
health first aid training program offered by the authority under
Section 1001.203 during the preceding fiscal [calendar] year; and
(3) individuals who are not school district employees
or school resource officers [educators] who completed a mental
health first aid training program offered by the authority during
the preceding fiscal [calendar] year.
(b) Not later than December 1 [August 1] of each year, the
department shall compile the information submitted by local mental
health authorities as required by Subsection (a) and submit a
report to the legislature containing the number of:
(1) authority employees and contractors trained as
mental health first aid trainers during the preceding fiscal year;
(2) educators, school district employees other than
educators, and school resource officers who completed a mental
health first aid training program provided by an authority during
the preceding fiscal [calendar] year; and
(3) individuals who are not school district employees
or school resource officers [educators] who completed a mental
health first aid training program provided by an authority during
the preceding fiscal [calendar] year.
SECTION 8. The following are repealed:
(1) Section 1001.202(c), Health and Safety Code, as
added by Chapter 1306 (H.B. 3793), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
Regular Session, 2013; and
(2) Section 1001.203(b), Health and Safety Code, as
added by Chapter 1306 (H.B. 3793), Acts of the 83rd Legislature,
Regular Session, 2013.
SECTION 9. 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, 2015.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 133 passed the Senate on
March 17, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 133 passed the House on
May 26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 129, Nays 16,
two present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor