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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 1668 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6026 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2021 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 1668 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH | |
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| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | REP. O'DEA, 125th Dist. | |
| 15 | 15 | (By Request) | |
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| 20 | 20 | AN ACT CONCERNING THE MENTAL HEALTH OF STUDENTS AND | |
| 21 | 21 | CHILDREN. | |
| 22 | 22 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 23 | 23 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 25 | 25 | That the general statutes be amended to (1) require the state Board of 1 | |
| 26 | 26 | Education to amend the definition of "excused absence" to include 2 | |
| 27 | 27 | illness or recovery concerning mental health; (2) increase access to 3 | |
| 28 | 28 | outpatient mental health treatment by juveniles by allowing any minor 4 | |
| 29 | 29 | thirteen years of age or older to request and receive such treatment 5 | |
| 30 | 30 | without the consent of the minor's parent or guardian; and (3) permit 6 | |
| 31 | 31 | school districts to create, in consultation with the Department of Mental 7 | |
| 32 | 32 | Health and Addiction Services, evidence-based student mental health 8 | |
| 33 | 33 | screening programs appropriate for each grade and age level. 9 | |
| 34 | 34 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 35 | 35 | To promote the mental health of students and children. |