Connecticut 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05709 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/13/2017

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5709
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 475
 *00475*
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. HOYDICK, 120th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5709 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 475

*00475*

Referred to Committee on EDUCATION 

Introduced by:

REP. HOYDICK, 120th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE HIRING OF ADDITIONAL MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS BY BOARDS OF EDUCATION.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That title 10 of the general statutes be amended to require that, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, the state provide matching funds to local and regional boards of education that hire new mental health professionals, as defined in section 10-76t of the general statutes.

Statement of Purpose: 

To require the state to provide matching funds to school districts for the purpose of hiring additional mental health professionals.