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7-General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 934
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6+General Assembly Raised Bill No. 934
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11+Referred to Committee on COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN
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14+Introduced by:
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1420 AN ACT REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION
1521 CONCERNING MENTAL AN D EMOTIONAL HEALTH RESOURCES BY
1622 SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
1723 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
1824 Assembly convened:
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20-Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) Not later than September 1
21-1, 2021, each local and regional board of education shall compile, and 2
26+Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) Not later than September 1, 1
27+2021, each local and regional board of education shall compile, and 2
2228 annually update, a list of every mental and emotional health resource 3
23-available to the students and families in such board's school district. 4
24-Such list shall include, but not be limited to, resources provided by (1) 5
25-the board, (2) community providers, (3) school-based health centers, or 6
26-(4) the state. Each resource shall be listed with a telephone number, an 7
27-electronic mail address or an Internet link. Each board shall post the list 8
28-of available mental and emotional health resources on such board's 9
29-Internet web site and distribute such list to parents of students in the 10
30-school district at least semiannually, in September and May of each 11
31-school year. 12
32-(b) For the school year commencing July 1, 2021, and each school year 13
33-thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall distribute to 14
34-students taking a course in health and safety an age and 15
35-developmentally appropriate list of mental and emotional health 16
36-resources available to such students, including, but not limited to, 17 Substitute Bill No. 934
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43-national youth suicide prevention helplines accessible by text message. 18
29+available to the students in such board's school district. Such list shall 4
30+include, but not be limited to, resources provided by (1) the board, (2) 5
31+community providers, (3) school-based health centers, or (4) the state. 6
32+Each resource shall be listed with a telephone number, an electronic mail 7
33+address or an Internet link. Each board shall post the list of available 8
34+mental and emotional health resources on such board's Internet web site 9
35+and annually notify parents of students in the school district about 10
36+where to find such list. 11
4437 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
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47-Section 1 July 1, 2021 New section
40+Section 1 July 1, 2021 New section Raised Bill No. 934
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47+Statement of Purpose:
48+To require each local and regional board of education to list on such
49+board's Internet web site the mental and emotional health resources
50+available to students.
51+[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
52+that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
53+underlined.]
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