85R9965 GCB-D     By: Moody, Coleman, Price, Lozano, Turner H.B. No. 4237       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to mental health first aid training for university   employees.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 1001.201, Health and Safety Code, is   amended by adding Subdivision (6) to read as follows:                (6)  "University employee" means a person employed by a   public or private institution of higher education who regularly   interacts with students enrolled at the university through the   course of the person's duties.          SECTION 2.  The heading to Section 1001.203, Health and   Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:          Sec. 1001.203.  GRANTS FOR TRAINING CERTAIN UNIVERSITY   EMPLOYEES, SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, AND SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS   [EDUCATORS] IN MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID.          SECTION 3.  Sections 1001.203(a), (c), and (e), Health and   Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:          (a)  To the extent funds are appropriated to the department   for that purpose, the department shall make grants to local mental   health authorities to provide an approved mental health first aid   training program, administered by mental health first aid trainers,   at no cost to university employees, school district employees, and   school resource officers.          (c)  The department shall grant $100 to a local mental health   authority for each university employee, school district employee,   or school resource officer who successfully completes a mental   health first aid training program provided by the authority under   this section.          (e)  A local mental health authority may contract with a   regional education service center to provide a mental health first   aid training program to university employees, school district   employees, and school resource officers [educators] under this   section.          SECTION 4.  The heading to Section 1001.2031, Health and   Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:          Sec. 1001.2031.  SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS FOR TRAINING CERTAIN   UNIVERSITY EMPLOYEES, SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, AND SCHOOL   RESOURCE OFFICERS [EDUCATORS] IN MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID.            SECTION 5.  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;                (2)  university employees [educators], school district   employees [other than educators], 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;   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)  authority employees and contractors trained as   mental health first aid trainers during the preceding fiscal year;                (2)  university employees [educators], school district   employees [other than educators], and school resource officers who   completed a mental health first aid training program provided by an   authority during the preceding fiscal year; and                (3)  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.          SECTION 6.  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, 2017.