Sec. 42.0433.  SUICIDE PREVENTION, INTERVENTION, AND POSTVENTION PLAN.  (a)  In this section, "postvention" has the meaning assigned by Section 38.351, Education Code.
(b)  The executive commissioner by rule shall adopt a model suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention policy for use by a residential child-care facility.  The model policy must:
(1)  be based on current and best evidence-based practices;
(2)  require all employees of the facility to receive annual suicide prevention training that includes understanding of safety planning and screening for risk;
(3)  promote suicide prevention training for non-employee entities, as appropriate; and
(4)  include procedures to support children who return to the facility following hospitalization for a mental health condition.
(c)  Each residential child-care facility shall adopt a suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention policy.  A residential child-care facility may adopt:
(1)  the model policy adopted by the executive commissioner under Subsection (b); or
(2)  another suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention policy approved by the executive commissioner.
(d)  The suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention policy adopted under Subsection (c) may be part of a broader mental health crisis plan if the components of the plan include suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention.
(e)  The commission shall provide to a residential child-care facility any technical assistance necessary to adopt or implement a suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention policy.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 621 (S.B. 1896), Sec. 20, eff. June 14, 2021.