Plans For Mental Health First Aid Training Programs

Sec. 1001.204. PLANS FOR MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING PROGRAMS. (a) Not later than July 1 of each even-numbered year for which a local mental health authority or local behavioral health authority will seek a grant from the commission under Section 1001.203, the authority shall submit to the commission a plan demonstrating the manner in which grants made to the authority under that section will be used: (1) to train individuals in mental health first aid throughout the authority's local service area to maximize the number of children who have direct contact with an individual who has successfully completed a mental health first aid training program provided by the authority; (2) to meet the greatest needs of the authority's local service area, as identified by the authority; and (3) to complement existing resources and not duplicate established mental health first aid training efforts. (b) The commission may not make a grant to a local mental health authority or local behavioral health authority under Section 1001.203 unless the commission has evaluated a plan submitted by the authority under this section. 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. 6, eff. June 17, 2015. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (H.B. 2059), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2023.