Bill Text: TX HB1468 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a task force to examine the effectiveness of school mental health programs provided for students enrolled in public schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-29 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1468 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1468-Comm_Sub.html
86R23971 SOS-D | |||
By: Talarico | H.B. No. 1468 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1468: | |||
By: Bernal | C.S.H.B. No. 1468 |
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relating to the creation of a task force to examine the | ||
effectiveness of school mental health programs provided for | ||
students enrolled in public schools. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 38.038 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 38.038. PUBLIC SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH TASK FORCE; | ||
REPORT. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Public school chief executive officer" means the | ||
superintendent of a school district or the chief executive officer | ||
of an open-enrollment charter school. | ||
(2) "Public school mental health professional" means a | ||
person who provides counseling services in a public school and is: | ||
(A) a licensed physician who is: | ||
(i) a graduate of an accredited psychiatric | ||
residency training program; or | ||
(ii) certified in psychiatry by: | ||
(a) the American Board of Psychiatry | ||
and Neurology; or | ||
(b) the American Osteopathic Board of | ||
Neurology and Psychiatry; | ||
(B) an advanced practice registered nurse, as | ||
defined by Section 301.152, Occupations Code, who holds a | ||
nationally recognized board certification in psychiatric or mental | ||
health nursing; | ||
(C) a psychologist, as defined by Section | ||
501.002, Occupations Code; | ||
(D) a licensed professional counselor, as | ||
defined by Section 503.002, Occupations Code; or | ||
(E) a licensed clinical social worker, as defined | ||
by Section 505.002, Occupations Code. | ||
(b) The Public School Mental Health task force is | ||
established under this section to examine the effectiveness of | ||
school mental health programs provided for students enrolled in | ||
public schools. | ||
(c) The task force is composed of the following 25 members | ||
appointed by the commissioner: | ||
(1) five school counselors certified under Subchapter | ||
B, Chapter 21; | ||
(2) one director of a public school counseling | ||
program; | ||
(3) four public school mental health professionals; | ||
(4) five public school chief executive officers; | ||
(5) four representatives of regional education | ||
service centers who have experience with school counseling; | ||
(6) one representative of the State Board of | ||
Education; | ||
(7) one representative of the agency; | ||
(8) two representatives of professional counseling | ||
organizations; and | ||
(9) two representatives of research organizations | ||
that have conducted academic research on school counseling. | ||
(d) The commissioner shall appoint the members of the task | ||
force not later than December 31, 2020. The commissioner shall fill | ||
a vacancy in the task force by the appointment of another person | ||
with the same qualifications as the original appointee. | ||
(e) The representative of the agency shall serve as the | ||
presiding officer of the task force. | ||
(f) The presiding officer shall call the initial meeting of | ||
the task force on or before January 31, 2021. The task force shall | ||
meet at least twice each year in Austin, Texas, and at other times | ||
and places that the presiding officer determines are appropriate. | ||
(g) Chapter 2110, Government Code, does not apply to the | ||
task force. | ||
(h) The task force shall: | ||
(1) examine the types of mental health services that | ||
public schools provide; | ||
(2) examine other existing measures used by schools | ||
that positively affect student mental health; | ||
(3) determine which school mental health programs | ||
achieve the best performance, considering the cost of the program, | ||
the number of students served, and the effectiveness of the | ||
program; | ||
(4) determine which school mental health programs | ||
schools prefer to use; and | ||
(5) conduct a statistical analysis, incorporating | ||
information on student demographics, including student family | ||
average income, to determine the overall effectiveness of school | ||
mental health programs and the impact on student achievement and | ||
performance. | ||
(i) Not later than August 31, 2022, the task force shall | ||
deliver a report to the commissioner detailing the task force's | ||
findings and recommendations and the results of the statistical | ||
analysis conducted by the task force. | ||
(j) The task force is abolished, and this section expires, | ||
December 1, 2022. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |