Subvenciones para la Capacitación en Primeros Auxilios en Salud Mental

Sec. 1001.202. GRANTS FOR TRAINING OF MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINERS. (a) To the extent money is appropriated to the commission for that purpose, the commission shall make grants to local mental health authorities or local behavioral health authorities to contract with persons approved by the commission to train employees or contractors of the authorities as mental health first aid trainers. (b) The commission shall make each grant to a local mental health authority or local behavioral health authority under this section in the amount the commission determines necessary to cover the costs of training employees or contractors of the authority whose training as mental health first aid trainers will be paid by the grant. (d) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules to establish the requirements for a person to be approved by the commission to Statute text rendered on: 9/10/2024 - 5321 - HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE train employees or contractors of a local mental health authority or local behavioral health authority as mental health first aid trainers. The rules must ensure that a person who is approved by the commission is qualified to provide training in: (1) the potential risk factors and warning signs for various mental illnesses, including depression, anxiety, trauma, psychosis, eating disorders, substance use disorders, and self- injury; (2) the prevalence of various mental illnesses in the United States and the need to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness; (3)