Tex. Health & Safety Code § 1001.201 · Subchapter H. MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this subchapter:
(1) "Child-care facility" has the meaning assigned by Section 42.002, Human Resources Code.
(2) "Educator" means a person who is required to hold a certificate issued under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code.
(3) "First responder" has the meaning assigned by Section 421.095, Government Code.
(4) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code.
(5) "Local behavioral health authority" means an authority designated by the commission under Section 533.0356.
(6) "Local mental health authority" has the meaning assigned by Section 531.002.
(7) "Open-enrollment charter school" and "private school" have the meanings assigned by Section 5.001, Education Code.
(8) "Regional education service center" means a regional education service center established under Chapter 8, Education Code.
(9) "School district employee" means a person employed by a school district who regularly interacts with students through the course of the person's duties, including an educator, a secretary, a school bus driver, or a cafeteria worker.
(10) "School resource officer" has the meaning assigned by Section 1701.601, Occupations Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1306 (H.B. 3793), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2013.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 836 (S.B. 133), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2015.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 837 (S.B. 200), Sec. 2.28, eff. September 1, 2015.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 45 (S.B. 1533), Sec. 1, eff. May 19, 2017.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (H.B. 2059), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.1001.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Education Code
- Tex. Educ. Code § 5.001DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 5.001, Education Code
- Tex. Educ. Code ch. 8REGIONAL EDUCATION SERVICE CENTERSPrinted as Chapter 8, Education Code
- Tex. Educ. Code ch. 21, subch. BCERTIFICATION OF EDUCATORSPrinted as Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code
- Tex. Educ. Code § 61.003DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 61.003, Education Code
Health and Safety Code
Human Resources Code
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