DALLAS, Texas – Texas state Rep. Jason Villalba wants teachers and school administrators to screen students for possible mental illnesses and to report their findings to local law enforcement.

Villalba introduced House Bill 985 would “give school officials the authority to force psychological screenings of students that teachers and staff diagnose as having mental health issues,” The Free Thought Project reports.

“Once the process is set in motion by school officials, parents would be forced to take their child to a mental health professional within 30 days, under threat of suspension of the child from school.”

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If parents refuse to seek a professional mental health evaluation their children would be cast off to an “alternative school” under the proposed legislation, according to the site.

The proposed law reads:

“…the requirement that the parent or guardian, before the expiration of the 30-day period, to avoid suspension of the student under this section, take the student to the nearest local mental health authority or a physician specializing in psychiatry to receive a mental health screening and a certificate of medical examination for mental illness, as described by Section 533.03522(c), Health and Safety Code, that contains the examining physician’s opinion that the student is not a danger to self or others.”

The law would also require school officials to forward information about students with suspected issues to local mental health and law enforcement authorities, including their name, address, questionable conduct, and other information that led to a decision to suspend a student for mental health reasons.

The Houston Press provided some background on the bill.

“Villalba came up with the legislation, referred to as ‘Alanna’s Law’ in the bill, after a 2013 incident in Saginaw, a suburb of Dallas, where 17-year-old Tyler Holder allegedly raped and murdered 6-year-old Alanna Gallagher after repeatedly telling other students he fantasized about killing,” according to the news site.

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“Under current law, officials couldn’t arrest Holder since he hadn’t actually committed a crime, so that’s the gruesome and understandable motivation for Villalba’s bill. However, like Villalba’s other attempts at legislating this session, the result ends up reading like something George Orwell would write a dystopian novel about.”

The Free Thought Project, run by investigative journalist Jay Syrmopoulos, also offered analysis of the bill, and reasons why it’s such a bad idea.

“Teachers have enough on their academic plates without them being forced to become armchair psychologists in the classroom,” Syrmopoulos wrote. “Also, it is highly inappropriate and dangerous for unqualified teachers to play the role of child psychiatrists. Unless they’ve had special training and are certified to diagnose the disorders, it can also be illegal.

“We are already witnessing the damage caused by parents believing teachers who think that every child who acts out in their classroom has ADHD. It’s called The Ritalin Explosion.”

Multiple media reports highlighted other dim-witted legislation recently proposed by Villalba.

HB 2006 would have eliminated religious exemption for child vaccination, “essentially creating a forced government vaccination program without exception,” according to The Free Thought Project.

Villalba’s HB 2918 would make it illegal for journalists or the public in general to record video within 25 feet of a police officer.