Bill Text: TX HB3631 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to a requirement that public institutions of higher education provide certain information regarding mental health services to entering students.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-16 - Referred to s/c on Higher Education by Pres [HB3631 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3631-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to a requirement that public institutions of higher education provide certain information regarding mental health services to entering students.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-16 - Referred to s/c on Higher Education by Pres [HB3631 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3631-Introduced.html
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By: Lalani | H.B. No. 3631 |
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relating to a requirement that public institutions of higher | ||
education provide certain information regarding mental health | ||
services to entering students. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 51.9194, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 51.9194. REQUIRED INFORMATION FOR ENTERING STUDENTS | ||
REGARDING MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE PREVENTION SERVICES. (a) In | ||
this section, "institution of higher education" has the meaning | ||
assigned by Section 61.003. | ||
(b) An institution of higher education [ |
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undergraduate, graduate, or professional student, including each | ||
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transfers to the institution, information about: | ||
(1) available mental health and suicide prevention | ||
services offered by the institution or by any associated | ||
organizations or programs; and | ||
(2) early warning signs that are often present in and | ||
appropriate intervention for a person who may be considering | ||
suicide. | ||
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(1) may be provided through: | ||
(A) a live presentation; or | ||
(B) a format that allows for student interaction, | ||
such as an online program or video; [ |
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(2) may not be provided in a paper format only; and | ||
(3) must include a campus map identifying any location | ||
at which mental health services are provided to students on campus. | ||
(d) If an institution of higher education provides an | ||
on-campus orientation for entering students, the orientation must | ||
include a tour of any location described by Subsection (c)(3). | ||
SECTION 2. Section 51.9194, Education Code, as amended by | ||
this Act, applies beginning with entering students at public | ||
institutions of higher education for the 2023 fall semester. | ||
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, 2023. |