Bill Text: TX HB4141 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to education and training for peace officers on interacting with persons with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-12 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB4141 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB4141-Comm_Sub.html
| 87R22074 JCG-D | |||
| By: White, Guillen | H.B. No. 4141 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4141: | |||
| By: White | C.S.H.B. No. 4141 | ||
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| relating to education and training for peace officers on | ||
| interacting with persons with Alzheimer's disease and other | ||
| dementias. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 1701.253(j), Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (j) As part of the minimum curriculum requirements, the | ||
| commission shall require an officer to complete a 40-hour statewide | ||
| education and training program on de-escalation and crisis | ||
| intervention techniques to facilitate interaction with persons | ||
| with mental impairments. The program must include instruction on | ||
| interacting with persons with Alzheimer's disease and other | ||
| dementias, including instruction on techniques for recognizing | ||
| symptoms, communicating effectively, employing alternatives to | ||
| physical restraints, and identifying signs of abuse, neglect, or | ||
| exploitation. An officer shall complete the program not later than | ||
| the second anniversary of the date the officer is licensed under | ||
| this chapter or the date the officer applies for an intermediate | ||
| proficiency certificate, whichever date is earlier. An officer may | ||
| not satisfy the requirements of this subsection or Section | ||
| 1701.402(g) by taking an online course on de-escalation and crisis | ||
| intervention techniques to facilitate interaction with persons | ||
| with mental impairments. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than April 1, 2022, the Texas | ||
| Commission on Law Enforcement shall revise the commission's | ||
| education and training programs as necessary to implement the | ||
| changes in law made by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 1701.253(j), Occupations Code, as | ||
| amended by this Act, applies only to a person who submits an | ||
| application for a peace officer license under Chapter 1701, | ||
| Occupations Code, on or after April 1, 2022. A person who submits | ||
| an application for a peace officer license under Chapter 1701, | ||
| Occupations Code, before April 1, 2022, is governed by the law in | ||
| effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the | ||
| former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
