Connecticut 2021 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06509 Compare Versions

Version 1 (Old)

Version 2 (New)

Old	New		Differences
1	1
2	2
3		-	LCO 3894 \\PRDFS1\HCOUSERS\BARRYJN\WS\2021HB-06509-~~R02~~-
	3	+	LCO 3894 \\PRDFS1\HCOUSERS\BARRYJN\WS\2021HB-06509-R01-
4	4		HB.docx
5	5		1 of 3
6	6
7	7		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6509
8	8		January Session, 2021
9	9		LCO No. 3894
10	10
11	11
12	12		Referred to Committee on COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN
13	13
14	14
15	15		Introduced by:
16	16		(KID)
17	17
18	18
19	19
20	20		AN ACT CONCERNING SC HOOL-BASED MENTAL HE ALTH CLINICS.
21	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
22	22		Assembly convened:
23	23
24	24		Section 1. Section 19a-6r of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
25	25		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 2
26	26		(a) As used in sections 19a-6i, 19a-7d, [and] 19a-638 and section 2 of 3
27	27		this act: 4
28	28		(1) "School-based health center" means a health center that: (A) Is 5
29	29		located in, or on the grounds of, a school facility of a school district or 6
30	30		school board or of an Indian tribe or tribal organization; (B) is organized 7
31	31		through school, community and health provider relationships; (C) is 8
32	32		administered by a sponsoring facility; and (D) provides comprehensive 9
33	33		on-site medical and behavioral health services to children and 10
34	34		adolescents in accordance with state and local law, including laws 11
35	35		relating to licensure and certification. 12
36	36		(2) "Expanded school health site" means a health center that: (A) Is 13
37	37		located in, or on the grounds of, a school facility of a school district or 14 Raised Bill No. 6509
38	38
39	39
40	40		LCO 3894 {\\PRDFS1\HCOUSERS\BARRYJN\WS\2021HB-06509-
41		-	~~R02~~-HB.docx }
	41	+	R01-HB.docx }
42	42		2 of 3
43	43
44	44		school board; (B) is organized through school, community and health 15
45	45		provider relationships; (C) is administered by a sponsoring facility; and 16
46	46		(D) provides medical or behavioral services, including, but not limited 17
47	47		to, dental services, counseling, health education, health screening and 18
48	48		prevention services, to children and adolescents in accordance with 19
49	49		state and local law, including laws relating to licensure and certification. 20
50	50		(3) "School-based mental health clinic" means a clinic that: (A) Is 21
51	51		located in, or on the grounds of, a school facility of a school district or 22
52	52		school board or of an Indian tribe or tribal organization; (B) is organized 23
53	53		through school, community and health provider relationships; (C) is 24
54	54		administered by a sponsoring facility; and (D) provides on-site mental, 25
55	55		emotional or behavioral health services to children and adolescents in 26
56	56		accordance with state and local law, including laws relating to licensure 27
57	57		and certification. 28
58	58		[(3)] (4) "Sponsoring facility" means a: (A) Hospital; (B) public health 29
59	59		department; (C) community health center; (D) nonprofit health or 30
60	60		human services agency; (E) school or school system; or (F) program 31
61	61		administered by the Indian Health Service or the Bureau of Indian 32
62	62		Affairs or operated by an Indian tribe or a tribal organization. 33
63	63		(b) No person or entity shall use the term "school-based health center" 34
64	64		to describe a facility or make use of any words, letters or abbreviations 35
65	65		that may reasonably be confused with said term unless the facility meets 36
66	66		the definition of a school-based health center in subsection (a) of this 37
67	67		section. 38
68	68		(c) The Department of Public Health may adopt regulations, in 39
69	69		accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to establish minimum 40
70	70		quality standards for school-based health centers and school-based 41
71	71		mental health clinics, as defined in subsection (a) of this section. 42
72	72		Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) Not later than January 1, 2022, 43
73	73		the Department of Public Health, in consultation with the Connecticut 44
74	74		Association of School-based Health Centers, shall develop a plan to 45 Raised Bill No. 6509
75	75
76	76
77	77		LCO 3894 {\\PRDFS1\HCOUSERS\BARRYJN\WS\2021HB-06509-
78		-	~~R02~~-HB.docx }
	78	+	R01-HB.docx }
79	79		3 of 3
80	80
81	81		establish school-based mental health clinics in regions of the state that 46
82	82		do not have access to a school-based health center or an expanded 47
83	83		school health site. Such clinics may (1) to the extent permitted by a 48
84	84		sponsoring facility's license or certification, provide counseling to 49
85	85		individual students, groups or families, (2) extend the hours of 50
86	86		operation to include after school, weekend or summer hours based on 51
87	87		community need for services, and (3) provide mental health 52
88	88		programming for students in partnership with a local or regional board 53
89	89		of education. As used in this section, "mental health programming" 54
90	90		means age-appropriate education or outreach initiatives aimed at 55
91	91		students for the prevention of mental illness, including, but not limited 56
92	92		to, poster and flyer campaigns, films, guest speakers or other school 57
93	93		events. 58
94	94		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
95	95		sections:
96	96
97	97		Section 1 July 1, 2021 19a-6r
98	98		Sec. 2 July 1, 2021 New section
99	99
100	100		KID Joint Favorable
101		-	PH Joint Favorable
102	101