Bill Text: TX SB405 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the inclusion of a mental health course in the required curriculum for public high school students.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-24 - Co-author authorized [SB405 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB405-Introduced.html
| 87R4901 GCB-D | ||
| By: Menéndez | S.B. No. 405 | |
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| relating to the inclusion of a mental health course in the required | ||
| curriculum for public high school students. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (c-5) to read as follows: | ||
| (c-5) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules | ||
| requiring students to complete at least one mental health course | ||
| while in high school that satisfies the requirements of Subsection | ||
| (a)(2)(B)(ii) and includes: | ||
| (1) instruction regarding: | ||
| (A) depression; | ||
| (B) anxiety; | ||
| (C) eating disorders; | ||
| (D) schizophrenia; and | ||
| (E) other mental health disorders; and | ||
| (2) information about cultivating coping skills and | ||
| seeking available mental health services. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2022-2023 | ||
| school year. | ||
| 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, 2021. | ||
