Bill Text: TX HB1338 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to training for peace officers and first responders on certain persons affected by trauma.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB1338 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1338-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to training for peace officers and first responders on certain persons affected by trauma.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB1338 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1338-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Naishtat | H.B. No. 1338 | ||
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By: Márquez | C.S.H.B. No. 1338 |
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relating to training for peace officers and first responders on | ||
certain persons affected by trauma. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is | ||
amended by adding Sections 1701.261 and 1701.262 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 1701.261. ACQUIRED AND TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES | ||
TRAINING. (a) In this section, "first responder" has the meaning | ||
assigned by Section 421.095, Government Code. | ||
(b) The commission, in collaboration with the office of | ||
acquired brain injury of the Health and Human Services Commission | ||
and the Texas Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Council, shall | ||
establish and maintain a training program for peace officers and | ||
first responders that provides information on: | ||
(1) the effects of an acquired brain injury and of a | ||
traumatic brain injury; and | ||
(2) techniques to interact with persons who have an | ||
acquired brain injury or a traumatic brain injury. | ||
Sec 1701.262. TRAUMA AFFECTED VETERANS TRAINING. (a) In | ||
this section, "veteran" means a person who has served in: | ||
(1) the army, navy, air force, coast guard, or marine | ||
corps of the United States; or | ||
(2) the Texas National Guard as defined by Section | ||
431.001, Government Code. | ||
(b) The commission, in collaboration with the Texas | ||
Veterans Commission, shall establish and maintain a training | ||
program for peace officers that provides information on veterans | ||
with combat-related trauma, post-traumatic stress, post-traumatic | ||
stress disorder, or a traumatic brain injury. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 1701.352, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows: | ||
(j) The commission shall establish a continuing education | ||
program relating to the identification of veterans affected by | ||
trauma and intervention and de-escalation techniques to facilitate | ||
interaction with veterans affected by trauma. An officer may not | ||
complete the training under this subsection by taking an online | ||
course. | ||
SECTION 3. Not later than December 31, 2015, the Texas | ||
Commission on Law Enforcement, in collaboration with the Texas | ||
Veterans Commission, shall approve the curriculum for the | ||
continuing education program described by Section 1701.352(j), | ||
Occupations Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. Not later than September 1, 2017, the Texas | ||
Commission on Law Enforcement shall begin offering the training | ||
programs described by Sections 1701.261 and 1701.262, Occupations | ||
Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |