{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-42.0433","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Human Resources Code § 42.0433","heading":"SUICIDE PREVENTION, INTERVENTION, AND POSTVENTION PLAN.","body":"(a) In this section, \"postvention\" has the meaning assigned by Section 38.351, Education Code.\n(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:\n(1) be based on current and best evidence-based practices;\n(2) require all employees of the facility to receive annual suicide prevention training that includes understanding of safety planning and screening for risk;\n(3) promote suicide prevention training for non-employee entities, as appropriate; and\n(4) include procedures to support children who return to the facility following hospitalization for a mental health condition.\n(c) Each residential child-care facility shall adopt a suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention policy. A residential child-care facility may adopt:\n(1) the model policy adopted by the executive commissioner under Subsection (b); or\n(2) another suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention policy approved by the executive commissioner.\n(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.\n(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.\nAdded by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 621 (S.B. 1896), Sec. 20, eff. June 14, 2021.","path":["HUMAN RESOURCES CODE","TITLE 2. HUMAN SERVICES AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES IN GENERAL","SUBTITLE D. DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES","CHAPTER 42. REGULATION OF CERTAIN FACILITIES, HOMES, AND AGENCIES THAT PROVIDE CHILD-CARE SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER C. REGULATION OF CERTAIN FACILITIES, HOMES, AND AGENCIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.42.htm#42.0433","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:18Z","sha256":"a709548f14c87012b659304d4c099c392c73825fb530f107f9f7bbdac5917fc1","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-42.0432","next":"us-tx/tex.-human-resources-code-42.044"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}