Bill Text: TX HB2895 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the requirement that certain public institutions of higher education post mental health resources on the institution's Internet website.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-29 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB2895 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2895-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2895 | ||
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| relating to the requirement that certain public institutions of | ||
| higher education post mental health resources on the institution's | ||
| Internet website. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 51.9193, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (c) Each institution to which this section applies shall: | ||
| (1) create a web page on the institution's Internet | ||
| website that: | ||
| (A) is dedicated solely to information regarding | ||
| the mental health resources available to students at the | ||
| institution, regardless of whether the resources are provided by | ||
| the institution; and | ||
| (B) includes[ |
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| address of the nearest local mental health authority; and | ||
| (2) maintain a conspicuous link on the institution's | ||
| Internet website home page to the web page described by Subdivision | ||
| (1). | ||
| (d) Not later than August 1 of each year, the president or | ||
| the president's designee of an institution to which this section | ||
| applies shall certify to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating | ||
| Board the institution's compliance with this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. An institution of higher education to which | ||
| Section 51.9193, Education Code, applies shall comply with Section | ||
| 51.9193(c), Education Code, as amended by this Act, not later than | ||
| December 1, 2017. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2895 was passed by the House on May 2, | ||
| 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2895 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
