Bill Text: TX HB2059 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to mental health first aid training provided by local mental health authorities and local behavioral health authorities.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-02 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB2059 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2059-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to mental health first aid training provided by local mental health authorities and local behavioral health authorities.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-02 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB2059 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2059-Engrossed.html
88R20383 EAS-D | ||
By: Price, Thompson of Harris, Guillen, | H.B. No. 2059 | |
Lujan, Jetton, et al. |
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relating to mental health first aid training provided by local | ||
mental health authorities and local behavioral health authorities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 1001.201, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1001.201. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: | ||
(1) "Child-care facility" has the meaning assigned by | ||
Section 42.002, Human Resources Code. | ||
(2) "Educator" means a person who is required to hold a | ||
certificate issued under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code. | ||
(3) "First responder" has the meaning assigned by | ||
Section 421.095, Government Code. | ||
(4) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning | ||
assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code. | ||
(5) "Local behavioral health authority" means an | ||
authority designated by the commission under Section 533.0356. | ||
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meaning assigned by Section 531.002. | ||
(7) "Open-enrollment charter school" and "private | ||
school" have the meanings assigned by Section 5.001, Education | ||
Code. | ||
(8) [ |
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regional education service center established under Chapter 8, | ||
Education Code. | ||
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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. | ||
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assigned by Section 1701.601, Occupations Code. | ||
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SECTION 2. Section 1001.202, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1001.202. GRANTS FOR TRAINING OF MENTAL HEALTH FIRST | ||
AID TRAINERS. (a) To the extent money is [ |
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to the commission [ |
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or local behavioral health authorities to contract with persons | ||
approved by the commission [ |
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contractors of the authorities as mental health first aid trainers. | ||
(b) The commission [ |
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local mental health authority or local behavioral health authority | ||
under this section in the [ |
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necessary to cover the costs of training [ |
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as mental health first aid trainers will be paid by the grant. | ||
(d) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules to | ||
establish the requirements for a person to be approved by the | ||
commission [ |
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local mental health authority or local behavioral health authority | ||
as mental health first aid trainers. The rules must ensure that a | ||
person who is approved by the commission [ |
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to provide training in: | ||
(1) the potential risk factors and warning signs for | ||
various mental illnesses, including depression, anxiety, trauma, | ||
psychosis, eating disorders, substance use [ |
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self-injury; | ||
(2) the prevalence of various mental illnesses in the | ||
United States and the need to reduce the stigma associated with | ||
mental illness; | ||
(3) an action plan for use by the employees or | ||
contractors that involves the use of skills, resources, and | ||
knowledge to assess a situation and develop and implement an | ||
appropriate intervention to help an individual experiencing a | ||
mental health crisis obtain appropriate professional care; and | ||
(4) the evidence-based professional, peer, social, | ||
and self-help resources available to help individuals with mental | ||
illness. | ||
(e) Two or more local mental health authorities or local | ||
behavioral health authorities may collaborate and share resources | ||
to provide training for employees or contractors of the authorities | ||
under this section. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 1001.203, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1001.203. GRANTS FOR TRAINING CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS | ||
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money is [ |
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local mental health authorities or local behavioral health | ||
authorities to provide at no cost an approved mental health first | ||
aid training program[ |
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trainers[ |
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discretion of the authorities: | ||
(1) [ |
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employees[ |
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(2) employees of: | ||
(A) an institution of higher education; | ||
(B) an open-enrollment charter school; or | ||
(C) a private school; | ||
(3) employees and contractors of a child-care | ||
facility; | ||
(4) youth; | ||
(5) individuals with direct and recurring contact with | ||
students; | ||
(6) first responders; | ||
(7) military service members, veterans, or immediate | ||
family members of military service members or veterans; | ||
(8) judges and attorneys, as applicable based on the | ||
practice of law of the judge or attorney; or | ||
(9) contractors of an institution of higher education, | ||
an open-enrollment charter school, a private school, or a school | ||
district. | ||
(c) The commission [ |
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local mental health authority or local behavioral health authority | ||
the amount the commission determines necessary to cover the costs | ||
of training each individual described by Subsection (a) [ |
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training program provided by the authority under this section. | ||
(d) A mental health first aid training program provided by a | ||
local mental health authority or local behavioral health authority | ||
under this section must: | ||
(1) be conducted by a person trained as a mental health | ||
first aid trainer; | ||
(2) provide participants with the skills necessary to | ||
help an individual experiencing a mental health crisis until the | ||
individual is able to obtain appropriate professional care; and | ||
(3) include: | ||
(A) instruction in a five-step strategy for | ||
helping an individual experiencing a mental health crisis, | ||
including assessing risk, listening respectfully to and supporting | ||
the individual, and identifying professional help and other | ||
supports for the individual; | ||
(B) an introduction to the risk factors and | ||
warning signs for mental illness and substance use [ |
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problems; | ||
(C) experiential activities to increase | ||
participants' understanding of the impact of mental illness on | ||
individuals and families; and | ||
(D) a presentation of evidence-supported | ||
treatment and self-help strategies. | ||
(e) A local mental health authority or local behavioral | ||
health authority may contract with a regional education service | ||
center to provide under this section a mental health first aid | ||
training program to [ |
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employees and contractors, [ |
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open-enrollment charter school employees and contractors, private | ||
school employees and contractors, and employees and contractors of | ||
an institution of higher education [ |
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(f) Two or more local mental health authorities or local | ||
behavioral health authorities may collaborate and share resources | ||
to develop and operate a mental health first aid training program | ||
under this section. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 1001.204, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1001.204. PLANS FOR MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING | ||
PROGRAMS. (a) Not later than July 1 of each even-numbered [ |
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behavioral health authority will seek a grant from the commission | ||
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the commission [ |
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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. | ||
(b) The commission [ |
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local mental health authority or local behavioral health authority | ||
under Section 1001.203 unless the commission [ |
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evaluated a plan submitted by the authority under this section. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 1001.205, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1001.205. REPORTS. (a) Not later than September 30 of | ||
each year, a local mental health authority or local behavioral | ||
health authority shall provide to the commission [ |
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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, the number of trainers | ||
who left the program for any reason during the preceding fiscal | ||
year, and the number of active trainers; | ||
(2) [ |
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employees[ |
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open-enrollment charter school employees and contractors, private | ||
school employees and contractors, and employees and contractors of | ||
an institution of higher education who completed a mental health | ||
first aid training program offered by the authority under Section | ||
1001.203 during the preceding fiscal year categorized by: | ||
(A) local mental health authority or local | ||
behavioral health authority region; | ||
(B) [ |
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open-enrollment charter school, private school, and institution of | ||
higher education, as applicable; [ |
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(C) category of personnel; | ||
(3) child-care facility employees and contractors, | ||
youth, individuals with direct and recurring contact with students, | ||
first responders, judges, and attorneys [ |
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program offered by the authority during the preceding fiscal year | ||
categorized by local mental health authority or local behavioral | ||
health authority region; and | ||
(4) military service members, veterans, and immediate | ||
family members of military service members and veterans who | ||
completed the veterans module or standard version of a mental | ||
health first aid training program offered by the authority during | ||
the preceding fiscal year categorized by local mental health | ||
authority or local behavioral health authority region and the | ||
training program completed. | ||
(b) Not later than December 1 of each year, the commission | ||
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mental health authorities or local behavioral health authorities as | ||
required by Subsection (a) and submit a report to the legislature | ||
containing: | ||
(1) the number of authority employees and contractors | ||
trained as mental health first aid trainers during the preceding | ||
fiscal year, the number of trainers who left the program for any | ||
reason during the preceding fiscal year, and the number of active | ||
trainers; | ||
(2) the number of [ |
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district employees[ |
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open-enrollment charter school employees and contractors, private | ||
school employees and contractors, and employees and contractors of | ||
an institution of higher education who completed a mental health | ||
first aid training program provided by an authority during the | ||
preceding fiscal year categorized by: | ||
(A) local mental health authority region or local | ||
behavioral health authority region; | ||
(B) [ |
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open-enrollment charter school, private school, and institution of | ||
higher education, as applicable; [ |
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(C) category of personnel; | ||
(3) the number of child-care facility employees and | ||
contractors, youth, individuals with direct and recurring contact | ||
with students, first responders, judges, and attorneys | ||
[ |
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health first aid training program provided by an authority during | ||
the preceding fiscal year categorized by local mental health | ||
authority or local behavioral health authority region; | ||
(4) the number of military service members, veterans, | ||
and immediate family members of military service members and | ||
veterans who completed the veterans module or standard version of a | ||
mental health first aid training program provided by an authority | ||
during the preceding fiscal year categorized by local mental health | ||
authority or local behavioral health authority region and the | ||
training program completed; and | ||
(5) a detailed accounting of expenditures of money | ||
appropriated for the purpose of implementing this subchapter. | ||
(c) The commission [ |
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to local mental health authorities and local behavioral health | ||
authorities a form to be used for the reporting of information | ||
required under Subsection (a), including the reporting of each | ||
category of personnel described by that subsection. | ||
SECTION 6. Section 1001.206, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1001.206. LIABILITY. A person who has completed a | ||
mental health first aid training program offered by a local mental | ||
health authority or local behavioral health authority under this | ||
subchapter and who in good faith attempts to assist an individual | ||
experiencing a mental health crisis is not liable in civil damages | ||
for an act performed in attempting to assist the individual unless | ||
the act is wilfully or wantonly negligent. | ||
SECTION 7. The following sections of the Health and Safety | ||
Code are repealed: | ||
(1) Section 1001.2015; and | ||
(2) Section 1001.2031. | ||
SECTION 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |