1. (a) In this section, "institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003.

2. (b) Each student identification card issued by an institution of higher education:

   1. (1) must have printed on the card the contact information for:

      1. (A) the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline;
      2. (B) the Crisis Text Line; and
      3. (C) the National Sexual Assault Hotline; and

   2. (2) may have printed on the card the contact information for:

      1. (A) the campus police department or security for the campus at which the student to whom the card is issued regularly attends classes or, if the campus does not have a campus police department or security, a local nonemergency police contact;
      2. (B) the campus health clinic for the campus at which the student to whom the card is issued regularly attends classes or, if the campus does not have a health clinic, a local health clinic; and
      3. (C) a local suicide prevention hotline, if available.

Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 550 (S.B. 279), Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 2021.

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 988 (S.B. 800), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 988 (S.B. 800), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.