Bill Text: TX HB3411 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to suicide prevention in public school curriculum and certain educational programs concerning suicide prevention and substance abuse prevention.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-26 - Left pending in committee [HB3411 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3411-Introduced.html
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By: Allison | H.B. No. 3411 |
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relating to suicide prevention in public school curriculum and | ||
certain educational programs concerning suicide prevention and | ||
substance abuse prevention. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 161.325(a-1), Health and Safety Code, as | ||
amended by Chapter 714 (H.B. 4056) and Chapter 522 (S.B. 179), Acts | ||
of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, is reenacted and | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) The list must include programs and practices in the | ||
following areas: | ||
(1) early mental health prevention and intervention; | ||
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postvention; | ||
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practices; | ||
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emotions, establishing and maintaining positive relationships, and | ||
responsible decision-making; | ||
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supports and positive youth development; and | ||
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climate. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 161.325, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (a-4) and amending Subsections (b) and | ||
(d) to read as follows: | ||
(a-4) In this section, "postvention" includes activities | ||
that promote healing necessary to reduce the risk of suicide by a | ||
person affected by the suicide of another. | ||
(b) The suicide prevention programs on the list must include | ||
components that provide for training counselors, teachers, nurses, | ||
administrators, and other staff, as well as law enforcement | ||
officers and social workers who regularly interact with students, | ||
to: | ||
(1) recognize students at risk of committing suicide, | ||
including students who are or may be the victims of or who engage in | ||
bullying; | ||
(2) recognize students displaying early warning signs | ||
and a possible need for early mental health or substance abuse | ||
intervention, which warning signs may include declining academic | ||
performance, depression, anxiety, isolation, unexplained changes | ||
in sleep or eating habits, and destructive behavior toward self and | ||
others; [ |
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(3) intervene effectively with students described by | ||
Subdivision (1) or (2) by providing notice and referral to a parent | ||
or guardian so appropriate action, such as seeking mental health or | ||
substance abuse services, may be taken by a parent or guardian; and | ||
(4) assist students in returning to school following | ||
treatment of a mental health concern or suicide attempt. | ||
(d) A school district shall [ |
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procedures concerning each area listed in Subsection (a-1), | ||
including mental health promotion and intervention, substance | ||
abuse prevention and intervention, and suicide prevention, that: | ||
(1) include a procedure for providing notice of a | ||
recommendation for early mental health or substance abuse | ||
intervention regarding a student to a parent or guardian of the | ||
student within a reasonable amount of time after the identification | ||
of early warning signs as described by Subsection (b)(2); | ||
(2) include a procedure for providing notice of a | ||
student identified as at risk of committing suicide to a parent or | ||
guardian of the student within a reasonable amount of time after the | ||
identification of early warning signs as described by Subsection | ||
(b)(2); | ||
(3) establish that the district may develop a | ||
reporting mechanism and may designate at least one person to act as | ||
a liaison officer in the district for the purposes of identifying | ||
students in need of early mental health or substance abuse | ||
intervention or suicide prevention; [ |
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(4) set out available counseling alternatives for a | ||
parent or guardian to consider when their child is identified as | ||
possibly being in need of early mental health or substance abuse | ||
intervention or suicide prevention; and | ||
(5) include procedures: | ||
(A) to support the return of a student to school | ||
following hospitalization or residential treatment for a mental | ||
health condition or substance abuse; and | ||
(B) for suicide prevention, intervention, and | ||
postvention. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |