Amended IN Senate March 09, 2021 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 229Introduced by Senator Dahle(Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Megan Dahle)(Coauthors: Senators Grove, Hurtado, and Nielsen)(Coauthors: Assembly Members Cunningham, Kamlager, Lackey, Mathis, Nguyen, Seyarto, Smith, and Valladares)January 19, 2021 An act to add Part 5 (commencing with Section 4395) to Division 4 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to pupil health. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 229, as amended, Dahle. Pupil health: mental health staff. services: grants.Existing law requires the governing board of any school district to give diligent care to the health and physical development of pupils and authorizes the governing board of a school district to employ properly certified persons for the work, including school psychologists and counselors.Under existing law, the State Department of Health Care Services is responsible for administering various programs relating to mental health, including the School-Based Early Mental Health Intervention and Prevention Services for Children Act of 1991, which authorizes the Director of Health Care Services, in consultation with the Superintendent of Public Instruction, to provide matching grants to local educational agencies to pay the state share of the costs of providing school-based early mental health intervention and prevention services to eligible pupils at schoolsites of eligible pupils, subject to the availability of funding each year.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature in the annual Budget Act each fiscal year to provide $500,000,000, on an equal per-pupil basis, to school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools for increasing mental health staff, specifically school psychologists and counselors, at each schoolsite to increase access for youth mental health services. require the Mental Health Services Division of the department, in consultation with the Department of Education, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to provide up to $500,000,000 in grants each year for the specific purpose of providing mental health services for pupils affected by school closures and distance learning requirements resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill would require the division to allocate those grants to local educational agencies and private schools, as specified. The bill would be implemented only to the extent that funds for its purposes are appropriated by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act, and would authorize that appropriation to come from any available state and federal funds.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Part 5 (commencing with Section 4395) is added to Division 4 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:PART 5. Pupil Mental Health Services 4395. (a) (1) The State Department of Health Care Services, through its Mental Health Services Division, and in consultation with the Department of Education, shall, upon appropriation by the Legislature for these purposes, provide up to five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000) in grants each year to provide mental health services for pupils, as specified in this part.(2) The grants described in paragraph (1) shall be used for the exclusive purpose of providing mental health services for pupils affected by school closures and distance learning requirements resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.(3) The department shall allocate funding to each local educational agency on a per unit of average daily attendance basis, using the most current data available pursuant to Section 41601 of the Education Code, and to each private school pursuant to a substantially similar methodology, as determined by the departments.(b) For purposes of this part,local educational agency means a school district, county office of education, and charter school.4395.5. (a) This part shall be implemented only if funds for its purposes are appropriated by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act. Any available state and federal funding may be the source of the appropriation for purposes of this part.(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that moneys included in the annual Budget Act for purposes described in this part would count towards satisfying the minimum funding obligation under Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.SECTION 1.(a)It is the intent of the Legislature in the annual Budget Act each fiscal year to provide five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000), on an equal per-pupil basis, to local educational agencies for increasing mental health staff, specifically school psychologists and counselors, at each schoolsite to increase access for youth mental health services.(b)It is the intent of the Legislature that moneys included in the annual Budget Act for purposes described in subdivision (a) would count towards satisfying the minimum funding obligation under Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.(c)For purposes of this section, local educational agency means a school district, county office of education, and charter school.
Amended IN Senate March 09, 2021 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 229Introduced by Senator Dahle(Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Megan Dahle)(Coauthors: Senators Grove, Hurtado, and Nielsen)(Coauthors: Assembly Members Cunningham, Kamlager, Lackey, Mathis, Nguyen, Seyarto, Smith, and Valladares)January 19, 2021 An act to add Part 5 (commencing with Section 4395) to Division 4 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to pupil health. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 229, as amended, Dahle. Pupil health: mental health staff. services: grants.Existing law requires the governing board of any school district to give diligent care to the health and physical development of pupils and authorizes the governing board of a school district to employ properly certified persons for the work, including school psychologists and counselors.Under existing law, the State Department of Health Care Services is responsible for administering various programs relating to mental health, including the School-Based Early Mental Health Intervention and Prevention Services for Children Act of 1991, which authorizes the Director of Health Care Services, in consultation with the Superintendent of Public Instruction, to provide matching grants to local educational agencies to pay the state share of the costs of providing school-based early mental health intervention and prevention services to eligible pupils at schoolsites of eligible pupils, subject to the availability of funding each year.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature in the annual Budget Act each fiscal year to provide $500,000,000, on an equal per-pupil basis, to school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools for increasing mental health staff, specifically school psychologists and counselors, at each schoolsite to increase access for youth mental health services. require the Mental Health Services Division of the department, in consultation with the Department of Education, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to provide up to $500,000,000 in grants each year for the specific purpose of providing mental health services for pupils affected by school closures and distance learning requirements resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill would require the division to allocate those grants to local educational agencies and private schools, as specified. The bill would be implemented only to the extent that funds for its purposes are appropriated by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act, and would authorize that appropriation to come from any available state and federal funds.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Senate March 09, 2021
Amended IN Senate March 09, 2021
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 229
Introduced by Senator Dahle(Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Megan Dahle)(Coauthors: Senators Grove, Hurtado, and Nielsen)(Coauthors: Assembly Members Cunningham, Kamlager, Lackey, Mathis, Nguyen, Seyarto, Smith, and Valladares)January 19, 2021
Introduced by Senator Dahle(Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Megan Dahle)(Coauthors: Senators Grove, Hurtado, and Nielsen)(Coauthors: Assembly Members Cunningham, Kamlager, Lackey, Mathis, Nguyen, Seyarto, Smith, and Valladares)
January 19, 2021
An act to add Part 5 (commencing with Section 4395) to Division 4 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to pupil health.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 229, as amended, Dahle. Pupil health: mental health staff. services: grants.
Existing law requires the governing board of any school district to give diligent care to the health and physical development of pupils and authorizes the governing board of a school district to employ properly certified persons for the work, including school psychologists and counselors.Under existing law, the State Department of Health Care Services is responsible for administering various programs relating to mental health, including the School-Based Early Mental Health Intervention and Prevention Services for Children Act of 1991, which authorizes the Director of Health Care Services, in consultation with the Superintendent of Public Instruction, to provide matching grants to local educational agencies to pay the state share of the costs of providing school-based early mental health intervention and prevention services to eligible pupils at schoolsites of eligible pupils, subject to the availability of funding each year.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature in the annual Budget Act each fiscal year to provide $500,000,000, on an equal per-pupil basis, to school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools for increasing mental health staff, specifically school psychologists and counselors, at each schoolsite to increase access for youth mental health services. require the Mental Health Services Division of the department, in consultation with the Department of Education, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to provide up to $500,000,000 in grants each year for the specific purpose of providing mental health services for pupils affected by school closures and distance learning requirements resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill would require the division to allocate those grants to local educational agencies and private schools, as specified. The bill would be implemented only to the extent that funds for its purposes are appropriated by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act, and would authorize that appropriation to come from any available state and federal funds.
Existing law requires the governing board of any school district to give diligent care to the health and physical development of pupils and authorizes the governing board of a school district to employ properly certified persons for the work, including school psychologists and counselors.
Under existing law, the State Department of Health Care Services is responsible for administering various programs relating to mental health, including the School-Based Early Mental Health Intervention and Prevention Services for Children Act of 1991, which authorizes the Director of Health Care Services, in consultation with the Superintendent of Public Instruction, to provide matching grants to local educational agencies to pay the state share of the costs of providing school-based early mental health intervention and prevention services to eligible pupils at schoolsites of eligible pupils, subject to the availability of funding each year.
This bill would express the intent of the Legislature in the annual Budget Act each fiscal year to provide $500,000,000, on an equal per-pupil basis, to school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools for increasing mental health staff, specifically school psychologists and counselors, at each schoolsite to increase access for youth mental health services. require the Mental Health Services Division of the department, in consultation with the Department of Education, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to provide up to $500,000,000 in grants each year for the specific purpose of providing mental health services for pupils affected by school closures and distance learning requirements resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill would require the division to allocate those grants to local educational agencies and private schools, as specified. The bill would be implemented only to the extent that funds for its purposes are appropriated by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act, and would authorize that appropriation to come from any available state and federal funds.
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## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Part 5 (commencing with Section 4395) is added to Division 4 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:PART 5. Pupil Mental Health Services 4395. (a) (1) The State Department of Health Care Services, through its Mental Health Services Division, and in consultation with the Department of Education, shall, upon appropriation by the Legislature for these purposes, provide up to five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000) in grants each year to provide mental health services for pupils, as specified in this part.(2) The grants described in paragraph (1) shall be used for the exclusive purpose of providing mental health services for pupils affected by school closures and distance learning requirements resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.(3) The department shall allocate funding to each local educational agency on a per unit of average daily attendance basis, using the most current data available pursuant to Section 41601 of the Education Code, and to each private school pursuant to a substantially similar methodology, as determined by the departments.(b) For purposes of this part,local educational agency means a school district, county office of education, and charter school.4395.5. (a) This part shall be implemented only if funds for its purposes are appropriated by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act. Any available state and federal funding may be the source of the appropriation for purposes of this part.(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that moneys included in the annual Budget Act for purposes described in this part would count towards satisfying the minimum funding obligation under Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.SECTION 1.(a)It is the intent of the Legislature in the annual Budget Act each fiscal year to provide five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000), on an equal per-pupil basis, to local educational agencies for increasing mental health staff, specifically school psychologists and counselors, at each schoolsite to increase access for youth mental health services.(b)It is the intent of the Legislature that moneys included in the annual Budget Act for purposes described in subdivision (a) would count towards satisfying the minimum funding obligation under Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.(c)For purposes of this section, local educational agency means a school district, county office of education, and charter school.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Part 5 (commencing with Section 4395) is added to Division 4 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:PART 5. Pupil Mental Health Services 4395. (a) (1) The State Department of Health Care Services, through its Mental Health Services Division, and in consultation with the Department of Education, shall, upon appropriation by the Legislature for these purposes, provide up to five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000) in grants each year to provide mental health services for pupils, as specified in this part.(2) The grants described in paragraph (1) shall be used for the exclusive purpose of providing mental health services for pupils affected by school closures and distance learning requirements resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.(3) The department shall allocate funding to each local educational agency on a per unit of average daily attendance basis, using the most current data available pursuant to Section 41601 of the Education Code, and to each private school pursuant to a substantially similar methodology, as determined by the departments.(b) For purposes of this part,local educational agency means a school district, county office of education, and charter school.4395.5. (a) This part shall be implemented only if funds for its purposes are appropriated by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act. Any available state and federal funding may be the source of the appropriation for purposes of this part.(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that moneys included in the annual Budget Act for purposes described in this part would count towards satisfying the minimum funding obligation under Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
SECTION 1. Part 5 (commencing with Section 4395) is added to Division 4 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:
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PART 5. Pupil Mental Health Services 4395. (a) (1) The State Department of Health Care Services, through its Mental Health Services Division, and in consultation with the Department of Education, shall, upon appropriation by the Legislature for these purposes, provide up to five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000) in grants each year to provide mental health services for pupils, as specified in this part.(2) The grants described in paragraph (1) shall be used for the exclusive purpose of providing mental health services for pupils affected by school closures and distance learning requirements resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.(3) The department shall allocate funding to each local educational agency on a per unit of average daily attendance basis, using the most current data available pursuant to Section 41601 of the Education Code, and to each private school pursuant to a substantially similar methodology, as determined by the departments.(b) For purposes of this part,local educational agency means a school district, county office of education, and charter school.4395.5. (a) This part shall be implemented only if funds for its purposes are appropriated by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act. Any available state and federal funding may be the source of the appropriation for purposes of this part.(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that moneys included in the annual Budget Act for purposes described in this part would count towards satisfying the minimum funding obligation under Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
PART 5. Pupil Mental Health Services 4395. (a) (1) The State Department of Health Care Services, through its Mental Health Services Division, and in consultation with the Department of Education, shall, upon appropriation by the Legislature for these purposes, provide up to five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000) in grants each year to provide mental health services for pupils, as specified in this part.(2) The grants described in paragraph (1) shall be used for the exclusive purpose of providing mental health services for pupils affected by school closures and distance learning requirements resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.(3) The department shall allocate funding to each local educational agency on a per unit of average daily attendance basis, using the most current data available pursuant to Section 41601 of the Education Code, and to each private school pursuant to a substantially similar methodology, as determined by the departments.(b) For purposes of this part,local educational agency means a school district, county office of education, and charter school.4395.5. (a) This part shall be implemented only if funds for its purposes are appropriated by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act. Any available state and federal funding may be the source of the appropriation for purposes of this part.(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that moneys included in the annual Budget Act for purposes described in this part would count towards satisfying the minimum funding obligation under Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
PART 5. Pupil Mental Health Services
PART 5. Pupil Mental Health Services
4395. (a) (1) The State Department of Health Care Services, through its Mental Health Services Division, and in consultation with the Department of Education, shall, upon appropriation by the Legislature for these purposes, provide up to five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000) in grants each year to provide mental health services for pupils, as specified in this part.(2) The grants described in paragraph (1) shall be used for the exclusive purpose of providing mental health services for pupils affected by school closures and distance learning requirements resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.(3) The department shall allocate funding to each local educational agency on a per unit of average daily attendance basis, using the most current data available pursuant to Section 41601 of the Education Code, and to each private school pursuant to a substantially similar methodology, as determined by the departments.(b) For purposes of this part,local educational agency means a school district, county office of education, and charter school.
4395. (a) (1) The State Department of Health Care Services, through its Mental Health Services Division, and in consultation with the Department of Education, shall, upon appropriation by the Legislature for these purposes, provide up to five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000) in grants each year to provide mental health services for pupils, as specified in this part.
(2) The grants described in paragraph (1) shall be used for the exclusive purpose of providing mental health services for pupils affected by school closures and distance learning requirements resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
(3) The department shall allocate funding to each local educational agency on a per unit of average daily attendance basis, using the most current data available pursuant to Section 41601 of the Education Code, and to each private school pursuant to a substantially similar methodology, as determined by the departments.
(b) For purposes of this part,local educational agency means a school district, county office of education, and charter school.
4395.5. (a) This part shall be implemented only if funds for its purposes are appropriated by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act. Any available state and federal funding may be the source of the appropriation for purposes of this part.(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that moneys included in the annual Budget Act for purposes described in this part would count towards satisfying the minimum funding obligation under Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
4395.5. (a) This part shall be implemented only if funds for its purposes are appropriated by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act. Any available state and federal funding may be the source of the appropriation for purposes of this part.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that moneys included in the annual Budget Act for purposes described in this part would count towards satisfying the minimum funding obligation under Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
(a)It is the intent of the Legislature in the annual Budget Act each fiscal year to provide five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000), on an equal per-pupil basis, to local educational agencies for increasing mental health staff, specifically school psychologists and counselors, at each schoolsite to increase access for youth mental health services.
(b)It is the intent of the Legislature that moneys included in the annual Budget Act for purposes described in subdivision (a) would count towards satisfying the minimum funding obligation under Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
(c)For purposes of this section, local educational agency means a school district, county office of education, and charter school.