(a) The commission shall develop a peer support network for law enforcement officers. The network must include:
- (1) peer-to-peer support;
- (2) training for peer service coordinators and peers that includes suicide prevention training;
- (3) technical assistance for program development, peer service coordinators, licensed mental health professionals, and peers; and
- (4) identification, retention, and screening of licensed mental health professionals.
- (b) As part of the peer support network for law enforcement officers, the commission shall ensure law enforcement officers have support in both urban and rural jurisdictions.
- (c) The commission shall solicit and ensure that specialized training is provided to persons who are peers and who want to provide peer-to-peer support and other peer-to-peer services under the network.
- (d) The commission may adopt rules necessary to implement this subchapter.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 508 (S.B. 64), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2021.