Bill Text: TX HB2258 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of the student mental health division within the Texas Education Agency.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-15 - Referred to Public Health [HB2258 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2258-Introduced.html
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| By: Gutierrez | H.B. No. 2258 | |
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| relating to the establishment of the student mental health division | ||
| within the Texas Education Agency. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 7, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 7.043 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 7.043. STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH DIVISION. The | ||
| commissioner by rule shall establish the student mental health | ||
| division within the agency to: | ||
| (1) develop and administer a plan to identify, | ||
| leverage, and align existing agency resources to promote the | ||
| academic success of students with mental illness or students who | ||
| are at risk of having mental illness, including students who are in | ||
| special education programs under Subchapter A, Chapter 29; and | ||
| (2) promote strong local and statewide | ||
| school-community partnerships by coordinating with other relevant | ||
| state agencies, including the Health and Human Services Commission, | ||
| the Department of State Health Services, the Department of Family | ||
| and Protective Services, the Texas Workforce Commission, and the | ||
| Texas Juvenile Justice Department. | ||
| SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the commissioner of the Texas Education Agency shall | ||
| adopt rules establishing the student mental health division within | ||
| the agency, as required by Section 7.043, Education Code, as added | ||
| by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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, 2017. | ||
