Connecticut 2021 2021 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00934 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/23/2021

                        
 
 
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General Assembly  Raised Bill No. 934  
January Session, 2021 
LCO No. 3791 
 
 
Referred to Committee on COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN  
 
 
Introduced by:  
(KID)  
 
 
 
 
AN ACT REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION 
CONCERNING MENTAL AN D EMOTIONAL HEALTH RESOURCES BY 
SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) Not later than September 1, 1 
2021, each local and regional board of education shall compile, and 2 
annually update, a list of every mental and emotional health resource 3 
available to the students in such board's school district. Such list shall 4 
include, but not be limited to, resources provided by (1) the board, (2) 5 
community providers, (3) school-based health centers, or (4) the state. 6 
Each resource shall be listed with a telephone number, an electronic mail 7 
address or an Internet link. Each board shall post the list of available 8 
mental and emotional health resources on such board's Internet web site 9 
and annually notify parents of students in the school district about 10 
where to find such list. 11 
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following 
sections: 
 
Section 1 July 1, 2021 New section  Raised Bill No.  934 
 
 
 
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Statement of Purpose:   
To require each local and regional board of education to list on such 
board's Internet web site the mental and emotional health resources 
available to students. 
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except 
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not 
underlined.]