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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 1717 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6125 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2021 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 1717 | |
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| 9 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on EDUCATION | |
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| 12 | 12 | ||
| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | REP. LEEPER, 132nd Dist. | |
| 15 | 15 | REP. PARKER, 101st Dist. | |
| 16 | 16 | REP. WELANDER, 114th Dist. | |
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| 21 | 21 | AN ACT INCREASING AWARENESS OF AVAILABLE MENTAL | |
| 22 | 22 | HEALTH SERVICES AND RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS AND THEIR | |
| 23 | 23 | FAMILIES. | |
| 24 | 24 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 25 | 25 | Assembly convened: | |
| 26 | 26 | ||
| 27 | 27 | That chapter 170 of the general statutes be amended to require local 1 | |
| 28 | 28 | and regional boards of education to (1) annually provide information to 2 | |
| 29 | 29 | students in grades six to twelve, inclusive, and the parents and 3 | |
| 30 | 30 | guardians of such students, of the availability of mental health 4 | |
| 31 | 31 | resources, services and crisis counseling, such as the United Way of 5 | |
| 32 | 32 | Connecticut 2-1-1 Infoline program, and (2) print information regarding 6 | |
| 33 | 33 | the suicide prevention hotline on student identification cards. 7 | |
| 34 | 34 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 35 | 35 | To assist students and their families in addressing issues concerning | |
| 36 | 36 | mental health and anxiety that have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 | |
| 37 | 37 | pandemic by requiring boards of education to provide information | |
| 38 | 38 | relating to mental health services and resources. |