OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
Legislative Office Building, Room 5200
Hartford, CT 06106 (860) 240-0200
http://www.cga.ct.gov/ofa
sHB-6510
AN ACT REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION
CONCERNING CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN
HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOMS.
As Amended by House "A" (LCO 8642)
House Calendar No.: 153
Primary Analyst: CP 5/24/21
Contributing Analyst(s):
OFA Fiscal Note
State Impact: None
Municipal Impact: None
Explanation
This bill, which makes various requirements of the Department of
Children and Families (DCF), local and regional boards of education,
and hospital emergency departments, is not anticipated to result in a
fiscal impact to the state or municipalities.
The bill requires DCF, in consultation with the Behavioral Health
Partnership Oversight Council, the Department of Mental Health and
Addiction Services, the Department of Public Health, and the Youth
Suicide Advisory Board, to develop documents concerning behavioral
and mental health evaluation and treatment resources available to
children in certain mental health regions.
The bill also requires local and regional boards of education to
make certain DCF documents available on each board's website and
distribute these documents to certain students and parents. These
requirements have no fiscal impact.
House "A" strikes the original bill and its associated fiscal impact,
thus becoming the bill with the above referenced fiscal impact. 2021HB-06510-R02-FN.DOCX Page 2 of 2
The Out Years
State Impact: None
Municipal Impact: None
The preceding Fiscal Impact statement is prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly,
solely for the purposes of information, summarization and explanation and does not represent the intent of the
General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose. In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety
of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge. Whenever applicable, agency data is
consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any
specific department.