Bill Text: TX HB4414 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to identification and development of mental health resources for students.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-09 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB4414 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4414-Introduced.html
86R9023 GCB-D | ||
By: Allison | H.B. No. 4414 |
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relating to identification and development of mental health | ||
resources for students. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 38, Education Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subchapter F to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER F. MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES | ||
Sec. 38.251. RUBRIC TO IDENTIFY RESOURCES. (a) The agency | ||
shall develop a rubric for use by regional education service | ||
centers in identifying resources related to student mental health | ||
that are available to schools in their respective regions. The | ||
agency shall develop the rubric in conjunction with: | ||
(1) the Health and Human Services Commission; | ||
(2) the Department of Family and Protective Services; | ||
(3) the Texas Juvenile Justice Department; | ||
(4) the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; | ||
(5) the Texas Workforce Commission; and | ||
(6) any other state agency the agency considers | ||
appropriate. | ||
(b) The rubric developed by the agency must provide for the | ||
identification of resources relating to: | ||
(1) training and technical assistance on practices | ||
that support the mental health of students; | ||
(2) school-based programs that provide prevention or | ||
intervention services to students; | ||
(3) community-based programs that provide | ||
school-based or school-connected prevention or intervention | ||
services to students; | ||
(4) school-based mental health providers; and | ||
(5) public and private funding sources available to | ||
address the mental health of students. | ||
(c) Not later than December 1 of each odd-numbered year, the | ||
agency shall revise the rubric as necessary to reflect changes in | ||
resources that may be available to schools and provide the rubric to | ||
each regional education service center. | ||
Sec. 38.252. REGIONAL INVENTORY OF MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES. | ||
(a) Each regional education service center shall use the rubric | ||
developed under Section 38.251 to identify resources related to | ||
student mental health available to schools in the center's region, | ||
including evidence-based and promising programs and best | ||
practices, that: | ||
(1) create school environments that support the | ||
social, emotional, and academic development of students; | ||
(2) identify students who may need additional | ||
behavioral or mental health support before issues arise; | ||
(3) provide early, effective interventions to | ||
students in need of additional support; | ||
(4) connect students and their families to specialized | ||
services in the school or community when needed; and | ||
(5) assist schools in aligning resources necessary to | ||
address the mental health of students. | ||
(b) A regional education service center may consult with any | ||
entity the center considers necessary in identifying resources | ||
under Subsection (a), including: | ||
(1) school districts; | ||
(2) local mental health authorities; | ||
(3) community mental health services providers; | ||
(4) education groups; | ||
(5) hospitals; and | ||
(6) institutions of higher education. | ||
(c) Not later than March 1 of each even-numbered year, each | ||
regional education service center shall: | ||
(1) use the revised rubric received from the agency | ||
under Section 38.251 to identify, in the manner provided by this | ||
section, any additional resources that may be available to schools | ||
in the center's region; and | ||
(2) submit to the agency a report on resources | ||
identified through the process, including any additional resources | ||
identified under Subdivision (1). | ||
Sec. 38.253. STATEWIDE INVENTORY OF MENTAL HEALTH | ||
RESOURCES. (a) The agency shall develop a list of statewide | ||
resources available to school districts to address the mental | ||
health of students, including: | ||
(1) training and technical assistance on practices | ||
that support the mental health of students; | ||
(2) school-based programs that provide prevention or | ||
intervention services to students; | ||
(3) community-based programs that provide | ||
school-based or school-connected prevention or intervention | ||
services to students; | ||
(4) school-based mental health providers; and | ||
(5) public and private funding sources available to | ||
address the mental health of students. | ||
(b) In developing the list required under Subsection (a), | ||
the agency shall collaborate with: | ||
(1) the Health and Human Services Commission; | ||
(2) the Department of Family and Protective Services; | ||
(3) the Texas Juvenile Justice Department; | ||
(4) the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; | ||
(5) the Texas Workforce Commission; | ||
(6) hospitals or other health care providers; | ||
(7) community service providers; | ||
(8) parent, educator, and advocacy groups; and | ||
(9) any entity the agency determines can assist the | ||
agency in compiling the list. | ||
(c) The agency shall include on the list any resource | ||
available through an entity identified as a resource under | ||
Subsection (b), including an entity described by Subsection (b), | ||
that provides evidence-based and promising programs and best | ||
practices that: | ||
(1) create school environments that support the | ||
social, emotional, and academic development of students; | ||
(2) identify students who may need additional | ||
behavioral or mental health support before issues arise; | ||
(3) provide early, effective interventions to | ||
students in need of additional support; and | ||
(4) connect students and their families to specialized | ||
services in the school or community when needed. | ||
(d) The agency shall revise the list not later than March 1 | ||
of each even-numbered year. | ||
Sec. 38.254. STATEWIDE PLAN FOR STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH. (a) | ||
The agency shall develop a statewide plan to ensure all students | ||
have access to adequate mental health resources. The agency shall | ||
include in the plan: | ||
(1) a description of any revisions made to the rubric | ||
required by Section 38.251; | ||
(2) the results of the most recent regional inventory | ||
of mental health resources required by Section 38.252, including | ||
any additional resources identified; | ||
(3) the results of the most recent statewide inventory | ||
of mental health resources required by Section 38.253, including | ||
any additional resources identified; | ||
(4) the agency's goals for student mental health | ||
access to be applied across the state, including goals relating to: | ||
(A) methods to objectively measure positive | ||
school climate; | ||
(B) increasing the availability of early, | ||
effective school-based or school-connected mental health | ||
interventions and resources for students in need of additional | ||
support; and | ||
(C) increasing the availability of referrals for | ||
students and families to specialized services for students in need | ||
of additional support outside the school; | ||
(5) a list of actions the commissioner may take | ||
without legislative action to help all districts reach the agency's | ||
goals described by the plan; and | ||
(6) recommendations to the legislature on methods to | ||
ensure that all districts can meet the agency's goals described in | ||
the plan through legislative appropriations or other action by the | ||
legislature. | ||
(b) In developing the agency's goals under Subsection | ||
(a)(4), the agency shall consult with any person the agency | ||
believes is necessary to the development of the goals, including: | ||
(1) educators; | ||
(2) mental health practitioners; | ||
(3) advocacy groups; and | ||
(4) parents. | ||
(c) The agency shall revise the plan not later than April 1 | ||
of each even-numbered year. | ||
(d) As soon as practicable after completing or revising the | ||
plan, the agency shall: | ||
(1) submit an electronic copy of the plan to the | ||
legislature; | ||
(2) post the plan on the agency's Internet website; and | ||
(3) hold public meetings in each regional education | ||
service center's region to present the statewide plan and shall | ||
provide an opportunity for public comment at each meeting. | ||
Sec. 38.255. AGENCY USE OF STATEWIDE PLAN. (a) The agency | ||
shall use the statewide plan for student mental health required by | ||
Section 38.254 to develop and revise the agency's long-term | ||
strategic plan. | ||
(b) The agency shall use the recommendations to the | ||
legislature required by Section 38.254(a)(6) to develop each agency | ||
legislative appropriations request. | ||
Sec. 38.256. REPORTS TO LEGISLATURE. In addition to any | ||
other information required to be provided to the legislature under | ||
this chapter, not later than November 1 of each even-numbered year | ||
the agency shall provide to the legislature: | ||
(1) a description of any changes the agency has made to | ||
the rubric required by Section 38.251; and | ||
(2) an analysis of each region's progress toward | ||
meeting the agency's goals developed under Section 38.254. | ||
SECTION 2. (a) Not later than December 1, 2019, the Texas | ||
Education Agency shall develop and distribute to each regional | ||
education service center the rubric required by Section 38.251, | ||
Education Code, as added by this Act. | ||
(b) Not later than March 1, 2020: | ||
(1) each regional education service center shall | ||
complete the regional inventory of mental health resources required | ||
by Section 38.252, Education Code, as added by this Act, and report | ||
to the Texas Education Agency on the resources identified through | ||
the inventory; and | ||
(2) the Texas Education Agency shall complete the | ||
statewide inventory of mental health resources required by Section | ||
38.253, Education Code, as added by this Act, and develop a list of | ||
resources available to school districts statewide to address the | ||
mental health of students. | ||
(c) Not later than April 1, 2020, the Texas Education Agency | ||
shall develop the statewide plan for student mental health required | ||
by Section 38.254, Education Code, as added by this Act, submit an | ||
electronic copy of the plan to the legislature, and post the plan on | ||
the agency's Internet website. | ||
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. |