Bill Text: TX HB1014 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the inclusion of suicide prevention information on certain student identification cards issued by a public school or public institution of higher education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-18 - Referred to Education [HB1014 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1014-Engrossed.html
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| By: Bucy | H.B. No. 1014 | |
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| relating to the inclusion of suicide prevention information on | ||
| certain student identification cards issued by a public school or | ||
| public institution of higher education. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 38, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 38.353 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 38.353. SUICIDE PREVENTION INFORMATION REQUIRED ON | ||
| CERTAIN STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARDS. Each student identification | ||
| card issued by a public school to a student in grade six or higher: | ||
| (1) must have printed on the card the contact | ||
| information for: | ||
| (A) the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline; | ||
| and | ||
| (B) the Crisis Text Line; and | ||
| (2) may have printed on the card the contact | ||
| information for a local suicide prevention hotline, if available. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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: | ||
| (1) must have printed on the card the contact | ||
| information for: | ||
| (A) the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline; | ||
| and | ||
| (B) the Crisis Text Line; and | ||
| (2) may have printed on the card the contact | ||
| information for: | ||
| (A) the campus police department or security for | ||
| the campus at which the student to whom the card is issued regularly | ||
| attends classes or, if the campus does not have a campus police | ||
| department or security, a local nonemergency police contact; | ||
| (B) the campus health clinic for the campus at | ||
| which the student to whom the card is issued regularly attends | ||
| classes or, if the campus does not have a health clinic, a local | ||
| health clinic; and | ||
| (C) a local suicide prevention hotline, if | ||
| available. | ||
| SECTION 3. Sections 38.353 and 51.91941, Education Code, as | ||
| added by this Act, apply only to a student identification card | ||
| issued on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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. | ||
