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4		-	Substitute House Bill No. 6510
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6		-	Public Act No. 21-116
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9	14		AN ACT REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION
10		-	CONCERNING CHILDREN’S BEHAVIORAL AND MENTAL HEALTH
11		-	RESOURCES IN HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS AND
12		-	SCHOOLS.
	15	+	CONCERNING CHILDREN' S MENTAL HEALTH SERV ICES IN
	16	+	HOSPITAL EMERGENCY R OOMS.
13	17		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
14	18		Assembly convened:
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16		-	Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) (1) Not later than
17		-	December 1, 2021, the Department of Children and Families, in
18		-	consultation with the Behavioral Health Partnership Oversight Council
19		-	established pursuant to section 17a-22j of the general statutes, the
20		-	Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, the Department
21		-	of Public Health and the Youth Suicide Advisory Board established
22		-	pursuant to section 17a-52 of the general statutes, shall develop
23		-	documents concerning behavioral and mental health evaluation and
24		-	treatment resources available to children in each mental health region
25		-	designated pursuant to section 17a-478 of the general statutes.
26		-	(2) Such documents shall contain, but need not be limited to, contact
27		-	information for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and a list of (A)
28		-	providers of such resources, including, but not limited to, mobile crisis
29		-	intervention services, (B) the physical location of each provider, if
30		-	applicable, (C) the types of services offered by each provider, and (D)
31		-	contact information for each provider. Substitute House Bill No. 6510
	20	+	Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) Not later than December 1
	21	+	1, 2021, the Behavioral Health Partnership Oversight Council 2
	22	+	established pursuant to section 17a-22j of the general statutes, in 3
	23	+	consultation with the Department of Children and Families, the 4
	24	+	Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, the Department 5
	25	+	of Public Health and the Youth Suicide Advisory Board established 6
	26	+	pursuant to section 17a-52 of the general statutes, shall develop 7
	27	+	documents concerning behavioral and mental health evaluation and 8
	28	+	treatment resources for children in each mental health region 9
	29	+	designated pursuant to section 17a-478 of the general statutes. 10
	30	+	(b) Such documents shall contain, but need not be limited to, contact 11
	31	+	information for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and a list of (1) 12
	32	+	providers of such resources, including, but not limited to, mobile crisis 13
	33	+	intervention services, (2) the physical location of each provider, if 14
	34	+	applicable, (3) the types of services offered by each provider, and (4) 15
	35	+	contact information for each provider. The council shall distribute such 16
	36	+	documents electronically to each hospital licensed pursuant to chapter 17 Substitute Bill No. 6510
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35		-	(3) The Behavioral Health Partnership Oversight Council shall make
36		-	such documents available on its Internet web site and distribute such
37		-	documents electronically to each hospital licensed pursuant to chapter
38		-	368v of the general statutes that has an emergency department and each
39		-	local and regional board of education.
40		-	(b) On and after January 1, 2022, upon the discharge of any child from
41		-	the emergency department of a hospital licensed pursuant to chapter
42		-	368v of the general statutes, such department shall provide the parent
43		-	or guardian of such child a copy of the document developed pursuant
44		-	to subsection (a) of this section that pertains to the mental health region
45		-	in which the (1) department is located, and (2) child resides, if different,
46		-	provided such child resides in this state. Such copies shall be provided
47		-	(A) (i) in printed form, or (ii) through such child's patient chart in the
48		-	electronic health record system, as defined in section 19a-904c of the
49		-	general statutes, maintained by such hospital, provided such patient
50		-	chart was created prior to the date of such child's discharge, and (B) by
51		-	electronic mail to the electronic mail address of such parent or guardian,
52		-	at such parent or guardian's election.
53		-	(c) Not later than December 1, 2022, and annually thereafter, the
54		-	Department of Children and Families shall review the documents
55		-	developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and update such
56		-	documents as necessary. If such documents are updated, the
57		-	Department of Children and Families shall provide such updated
58		-	documents to the Behavioral Health Partnership Oversight Council, and
59		-	the council shall distribute and make such updated documents available
60		-	in the manner described in subsection (a) of this section.
61		-	Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) Not later than January 1, 2022,
62		-	each local and regional board of education shall make available on such
63		-	board's Internet web site the document developed by the Department of
64		-	Children and Families pursuant to subsection (a) of section 1 of this act,
65		-	concerning behavioral and mental health evaluation and treatment Substitute House Bill No. 6510
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	43	+	368v of the general statutes that has an emergency department and 18
	44	+	make such documents available on its Internet web site. 19
	45	+	(c) On and after January 1, 2022, each hospital emergency department 20
	46	+	shall provide a copy of one or more documents developed pursuant to 21
	47	+	subsection (a) of this section to the parent or guardian of any child that 22
	48	+	(1) exhibits symptoms consistent with a psychiatric disability or 23
	49	+	behavioral health disorder, or (2) was evaluated in such department as 24
	50	+	a result of exhibiting such symptoms, upon the discharge of such child 25
	51	+	from such department. 26
	52	+	(d) Not later than December 1, 2022, and annually thereafter, the 27
	53	+	Behavioral Health Partnership Oversight Council shall review the 28
	54	+	documents developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this subsection and 29
	55	+	update such documents as necessary. If such documents are updated, 30
	56	+	the council shall distribute and make such updated documents available 31
	57	+	in the manner described in subsection (b) of this section. 32
	58	+	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
	59	+	sections:
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69		-	resources available to children in the mental health region in which such
70		-	board is located.
71		-	(b) On and after January 1, 2022, each local and regional board of
72		-	education shall distribute the document described in subsection (a) of
73		-	this section (1) to any student taking a course in health and safety, and
74		-	(2) at least semiannually, in September and May, to the parents and
75		-	guardians of each student in the school district.
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	64	+	KID Joint Favorable Subst.
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