Bill Text: TX SB1194 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to community outreach on the dangers of abusable synthetic substances.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-09 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB1194 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1194-Introduced.html
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| By: Garcia | S.B. No. 1194 | |
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| relating to community outreach on the dangers of abusable synthetic | ||
| substances. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 6, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Chapter 469 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 469. ABUSABLE SYNTHETIC SUBSTANCES COMMUNITY OUTREACH | ||
| Sec. 469.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
| (1) "Abusable synthetic substance" has the meaning | ||
| assigned by Section 484.001. | ||
| (2) "Task force" means the abusable synthetic | ||
| substances education task force created under this chapter. | ||
| Sec. 469.002. ABUSABLE SYNTHETIC SUBSTANCES EDUCATION TASK | ||
| FORCE. (a) The abusable synthetic substances education task force | ||
| is composed of: | ||
| (1) the commissioner of the Texas Education Agency or | ||
| the commissioner's designee; | ||
| (2) the executive director of the Texas Department of | ||
| Criminal Justice or the executive director's designee; | ||
| (3) the executive director of the Texas Juvenile | ||
| Justice Department or the executive director's designee; | ||
| (4) the public safety director of the Department of | ||
| Public Safety or the director's designee; | ||
| (5) the executive commissioner of the Health and Human | ||
| Services Commission or the executive commissioner's designee; and | ||
| (6) the associate commissioner for intellectual and | ||
| developmental disabilities and behavioral health services of the | ||
| medical and social services division of the Health and Human | ||
| Services Commission or the associate commissioner's designee. | ||
| (b) The members of the task force shall elect a presiding | ||
| officer from among the membership. | ||
| (c) Members of the task force serve without compensation and | ||
| may not be reimbursed for travel or other expenses incurred while | ||
| conducting the business of the task force. | ||
| (d) The task force shall meet at the call of the presiding | ||
| officer. The task force may meet telephonically in accordance with | ||
| Section 551.125(b)(3), Government Code. | ||
| (e) Each agency represented on the task force shall | ||
| contribute resources to the task force. | ||
| Sec. 469.003. COMMUNITY OUTREACH CAMPAIGN. (a) The task | ||
| force shall develop and implement a community outreach campaign | ||
| that educates the public about and increases awareness of the | ||
| dangers of abusable synthetic substances. | ||
| (b) The community outreach campaign shall address: | ||
| (1) the health, criminal, and social consequences of | ||
| using an abusable synthetic substance; | ||
| (2) recognizing the packaging of abusable synthetic | ||
| substances; | ||
| (3) recognizing the signs of abusable synthetic | ||
| substance use; | ||
| (4) responding to a possible overdose of or adverse | ||
| reaction to the ingestion of an abusable synthetic substance; and | ||
| (5) treatment options for persons using abusable | ||
| synthetic substances. | ||
| (c) The community outreach campaign must be designed to | ||
| reach a broad audience, but also contain elements specifically | ||
| designed for students and youth. | ||
| (d) The task force may: | ||
| (1) publish and make available written materials on | ||
| the dangers of abusable synthetic substances; | ||
| (2) use advertisements or similar media to provide | ||
| information on the dangers of abusable synthetic substances and | ||
| increase community awareness; and | ||
| (3) create and maintain an Internet website containing | ||
| information on the dangers of abusable synthetic substances. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
