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Chapter 45
S.B. No. 1533
1 AN ACT
2 relating to mental health first aid training for university
3 employees.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
5 SECTION 1. Section 1001.201, Health and Safety Code, is
6 amended by adding Subdivision (6) to read as follows:
7 (6) "University employee" means a person employed by a
8 public or private institution of higher education who regularly
9 interacts with students enrolled at the university through the
10 course of the person's duties.
11 SECTION 2. The heading to Section 1001.203, Health and
12 Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
13 Sec. 1001.203. GRANTS FOR TRAINING CERTAIN UNIVERSITY
14 EMPLOYEES, SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, AND SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS
15 [EDCA-TORS] IN MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID.
16 SECTION 3. Sections 1001.203(a), (c), and (e), Health and
17 Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
18 (a) To the extent funds are appropriated to the department
19 for that purpose, the department shall make grants to local mental
20 health authorities to provide an approved mental health first aid
21 training program, administered by mental health first aid trainers,
22 at no cost to university employees, school district employees, and
23 school resource officers.
24 (c) The department shall grant $100 to a local mental health1
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Texas. Legislature. Senate. 85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1533, Chapter 45, legislative document, May 19, 2017; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050636/m1/1/: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.