Bill Text: TX HB3690 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of the Healthy Minds Campus program by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-16 - Referred to Higher Education [HB3690 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3690-Introduced.html
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| By: Jones of Harris | H.B. No. 3690 | |
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| relating to the establishment of the Healthy Minds Campus program | ||
| by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 61.09093 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 61.09093. HEALTHY MINDS CAMPUS PROGRAM. (a) The board | ||
| shall establish and administer a Healthy Minds Campus program under | ||
| which the board shall designate a campus of an institution of higher | ||
| education as a Healthy Minds Campus if the institution: | ||
| (1) applies to the board in the manner prescribed by | ||
| board rule; | ||
| (2) designates a staff member of the institution as a | ||
| mental health liaison, whose duties include: | ||
| (A) identifying students enrolled at the | ||
| institution in need of prevention programs and telehealth services; | ||
| (B) determining appropriate evidence-based | ||
| mental health trainings for faculty and staff; | ||
| (C) gathering and reporting data to encourage | ||
| information sharing across institutions of higher education; and | ||
| (D) assisting in coordinating mental health | ||
| awareness events on campus; | ||
| (3) implements mental health awareness programs to | ||
| inform students about mental health conditions and available | ||
| resources; | ||
| (4) provides training for students, faculty, and staff | ||
| regarding recognizing and addressing the mental health needs of | ||
| students, which may include an evidence-based mental health first | ||
| aid training program; | ||
| (5) provides peer support programs to improve the | ||
| emotional well-being of students by using student peers to support | ||
| individuals living with mental health conditions on campus; and | ||
| (6) collaborates with local mental health service | ||
| providers in the campus's surrounding communities to improve mental | ||
| health services capacity. | ||
| (b) Under the Healthy Minds Campus program, the board may: | ||
| (1) provide access to mental health programs and | ||
| gather student mental health data for institutions with the Healthy | ||
| Minds Campus designation; and | ||
| (2) promote mental health resource sharing across | ||
| institutions of higher education. | ||
| (c) The board may adapt the rubric developed by the Texas | ||
| Education Agency under Section 38.251 for use by institutions of | ||
| higher education in implementing mental health services and | ||
| programs. | ||
| (d) The board shall adopt rules as necessary to administer | ||
| this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
