Bill Text: TX SB856 | 2019-2020 | 86th 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) 2019-03-01 - Referred to Education [SB856 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB856-Introduced.html
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| By: Lucio | S.B. No. 856 | |
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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 7.041 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 7.041. 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 health needs, including | ||
| students in special education programs under Subchapter A, Chapter | ||
| 29; and | ||
| (2) promote strong local and statewide | ||
| school-community partnerships by coordinating with community-based | ||
| mental health services providers, youth services providers, and | ||
| school district resources, including school counselors, and with | ||
| 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 education shall adopt rules | ||
| establishing the student mental health division within the Texas | ||
| Education Agency as required by Section 7.041, 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, 2019. | ||
