TITLE: Relating to trauma-informed care training for certain state employees developed by the Health and Human Services Commission.

SUMMARY: Relating to trauma-informed care training for certain state employees developed by the Health and Human Services Commission.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to trauma-informed care training for certain state employees developed by the Health and Human Services Commission. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 656, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 656.056 to read as follows: Sec. 656.056. TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE TRAINING. (a) The Health and Human Services Commission shall develop a trauma-informed care training program for state agency employees. (b) Each state agency shall administer the trauma-informed care training program to the agency's employees who interact directly with members of the public in performing the employees' regular duties. SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act, the Health and Human Services Commission shall develop the trauma-informed care training program required under Section 656.056, Government Code, as added by this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.