Bill Text: TX SB1624 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a requirement that certain entering students at a general academic teaching institution receive information regarding mental health and suicide prevention services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/15 [SB1624 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1624-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1624 |
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relating to a requirement that certain entering students at a | ||
general academic teaching institution receive information | ||
regarding mental health and suicide prevention services. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 51.9194 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 51.9194. REQUIRED INFORMATION FOR ENTERING STUDENTS | ||
REGARDING MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE PREVENTION SERVICES. (a) A | ||
general academic teaching institution shall provide to each | ||
entering full-time undergraduate, graduate, or professional | ||
student, including each full-time undergraduate, graduate, or | ||
professional student who 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. | ||
(b) The information required under this section: | ||
(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; and | ||
(2) may not be provided in a paper format only. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 51.9194, Education Code, as added by | ||
this Act, applies to full-time entering students who are admitted | ||
to an undergraduate, graduate, or professional degree program at a | ||
general academic teaching institution beginning with the 2016 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, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1624 passed the Senate on | ||
May 13, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 21, Nays 10; and that | ||
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 30, 2015, by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 20, Nays 11. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1624 passed the House, with | ||
amendment, on May 27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 129, | ||
Nays 15, two present not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |