Tex.
Health & Safety Code Section 1001.222
General Powers and Duties
(a)
The department shall develop a mental health intervention program for veterans. The program must include:(1)
peer-to-peer counseling;(2)
access to licensed mental health professionals for peer service coordinators and peers;(3)
training approved by the department for peer service coordinators, licensed mental health professionals, and peers;(4)
technical assistance for peer service coordinators, licensed mental health professionals, and peers;(5)
identification, retention, and screening of community-based licensed mental health professionals;(6)
suicide prevention training for peer service coordinators and peers;(7)
veteran jail diversion services, including veterans treatment courts; and(8)
coordination of mental health first aid for veterans training to veterans and immediate family members of veterans.(a-1)
As part of the mental health intervention program for veterans, the department shall develop a women veterans mental health initiative.(a-2)
As part of the mental health intervention program for veterans, the department shall develop a rural veterans mental health initiative.(b)
The department shall solicit and ensure that specialized training is provided to persons who are peers and who want to provide peer-to-peer counseling or other peer-to-peer services under the program.(c)
The executive commissioner may adopt rules necessary to implement this subchapter.
Source:
Section 1001.222 — General Powers and Duties, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.1001.htm#1001.222 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
