H.B. No. 2895

	AN ACT
	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[.  The web page must include] the
	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