H.B. No. 1070

	AN ACT
	relating to the mental health first aid training program reporting
	requirements.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 1001.205, Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 1001.205.  REPORTS. (a) Not later than September 30 of
	each year, a local mental health authority shall provide to the
	department the number of:
	(1)  employees and contractors of the authority who
	were trained as mental health first aid trainers under Section
	1001.202 during the preceding fiscal year, the number of trainers
	who left the program for any reason during the preceding fiscal
	year, and the number of active trainers;
	(2)  university employees, school district employees,
	and school resource officers who completed a mental health first
	aid training program offered by the authority under Section
	1001.203 during the preceding fiscal year categorized by local
	mental health authority region, university or school district, as
	applicable, and category of personnel; and
	(3)  individuals who are not university employees,
	school district employees, or school resource officers who
	completed a mental health first aid training program offered by the
	authority during the preceding fiscal year.
	(b)  Not later than December 1 of each year, the department
	shall compile the information submitted by local mental health
	authorities as required by Subsection (a) and submit a report to the
	legislature containing [the number of]:
	(1)  the number of authority employees and contractors
	trained as mental health first aid trainers during the preceding
	fiscal year, the number of trainers who left the program for any
	reason during the preceding fiscal year, and the number of active
	trainers;
	(2)  the number of university employees, school
	district employees, and school resource officers who completed a
	mental health first aid training program provided by an authority
	during the preceding fiscal year categorized by local mental health
	authority region, university or school district, as applicable, and
	category of personnel; [and]
	(3)  the number of individuals who are not university
	employees, school district employees, or school resource officers
	who completed a mental health first aid training program provided
	by an authority during the preceding fiscal year; and
	(4)  a detailed accounting of expenditures of money
	appropriated for the purpose of implementing this subchapter.
	(c)  The department shall develop and provide to local mental
	health authorities a form to be used for the reporting of
	information required under Subsection (a), including the reporting
	of each category of personnel described by that subsection.
	SECTION 2.  (a)  Section 1001.205(a), Health and Safety
	Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to a report due under
	that subsection after December 31, 2019. A report due under that
	subsection before that date is governed by the law in effect
	immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is
	continued in effect for that purpose.
	(b)  Section 1001.205(b), Health and Safety Code, as amended
	by this Act, applies only to a report due under that subsection
	after March 1, 2020. A report due under that subsection before that
	date is governed by the law in effect immediately before the
	effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for
	that purpose.
	(c)  Not later than May 1, 2020, the Health and Human
	Services Commission shall develop and make available the form
	required under Section 1001.205(c), Health and Safety Code, as
	added by this Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect December 1, 2019.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1070 was passed by the House on April
	16, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 8, 1 present, not
	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
	No. 1070 on May 22, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 135, Nays 9,
	2 present, not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1070 was passed by the Senate, with
	amendments, on May 16, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
	0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date
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	Governor