Bill Text: TX SB1688 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of the student mental health division within the Texas Education Agency.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-27 - Left pending in committee [SB1688 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1688-Introduced.html
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By: Lucio | S.B. No. 1688 |
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relating to the establishment of the student mental health division | ||
within the Texas Education Agency. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 7, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 7.043 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 7.043. STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH DIVISION. The | ||
commissioner by rule shall establish the student mental health | ||
division within the agency to: | ||
(1) develop and administer a plan to identify, | ||
leverage, and align existing agency resources to promote the | ||
academic success of students with mental illness or students who | ||
are at risk of having mental illness, including students who are in | ||
special education programs under Subchapter A, Chapter 29; and | ||
(2) promote strong local and statewide | ||
school-community partnerships by coordinating with other relevant | ||
state agencies, including the Health and Human Services Commission, | ||
the Department of State Health Services, the Department of Family | ||
and Protective Services, the Texas Workforce Commission, and the | ||
Texas Juvenile Justice Department. | ||
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the commissioner of the Texas Education Agency shall | ||
adopt rules establishing the student mental health division within | ||
the agency, as required by Section 7.043, Education Code, as added | ||
by this Act. | ||
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, 2017. |