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      88(R) HB 3838 - Introduced version - Bill Text
      
            88R13389 CXP-D
         
		By:  Zwiener
            H.B.  No.  3838
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               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.
         
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	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.