Bill Text: TX SB279 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to the inclusion of suicide prevention information on certain student identification cards issued by a public school or public institution of higher education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB279 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB279-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to the inclusion of suicide prevention information on certain student identification cards issued by a public school or public institution of higher education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB279 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB279-Engrossed.html
By: Hinojosa, et al. | S.B. No. 279 |
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relating to the inclusion of suicide prevention information on | ||
certain student identification cards issued by a public school or | ||
public institution of higher education. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 38, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 38.353 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 38.353. SUICIDE PREVENTION INFORMATION REQUIRED ON | ||
CERTAIN STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARDS. Each student identification | ||
card issued by a public school to a student in grade seven or | ||
higher: | ||
(1) must have printed on either side of the card the | ||
telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline; and | ||
(2) may have printed on either side of the card the | ||
telephone number for: | ||
(A) the Crisis Text Line; and | ||
(B) a local suicide prevention hotline, if | ||
available. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 51.91941 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 51.91941. SUICIDE PREVENTION INFORMATION REQUIRED ON | ||
STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARD. (a) In this section, "institution of | ||
higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. | ||
(b) Each student identification card issued by an | ||
institution of higher education: | ||
(1) must have printed on either side of the card the | ||
telephone number for: | ||
(A) the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline; | ||
and | ||
(B) the campus police department or security for | ||
the campus at which the student to whom the card is issued regularly | ||
attends classes or, if the campus does not have a campus police | ||
department or security, a local nonemergency police contact; and | ||
(2) may have printed on either side of the card the | ||
telephone number for: | ||
(A) the Crisis Text Line; and | ||
(B) a local suicide prevention hotline, if | ||
available. | ||
SECTION 3. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 38.353 and | ||
51.91941, Education Code, as added by this Act, if, on January 1, | ||
2022, a public school or a public institution of higher education | ||
subject to the requirements of Section 38.353 or 51.91941, | ||
Education Code, as applicable, has a supply of unissued student | ||
identification cards that do not comply with the applicable | ||
requirements of those sections, the public school or public | ||
institution of higher education may issue those student | ||
identification cards until the supply of cards is depleted. | ||
(b) Sections 38.353 and 51.91941, Education Code, as added | ||
by this Act, apply only to an initial or replacement student | ||
identification card issued on or after June 1, 2022. | ||
SECTION 4. 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, 2021. |