Connecticut 2021 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00934 Latest Draft

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General Assembly  Substitute Bill No. 934  
January Session, 2021 
 
 
 
 
 
AN ACT REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION 
CONCERNING MENTAL AN D EMOTIONAL HEALTH R ESOURCES BY 
SCHOOL DISTRICTS.  
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) 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 and families in such board's school district. 4 
Such list shall include, but not be limited to, resources provided by (1) 5 
the board, (2) community providers, (3) school-based health centers, or 6 
(4) the state. Each resource shall be listed with a telephone number, an 7 
electronic mail address or an Internet link. Each board shall post the list 8 
of available mental and emotional health resources on such board's 9 
Internet web site and distribute such list to parents of students in the 10 
school district at least semiannually, in September and May of each 11 
school year. 12 
(b) For the school year commencing July 1, 2021, and each school year 13 
thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall distribute to 14 
students taking a course in health and safety an age and 15 
developmentally appropriate list of mental and emotional health 16 
resources available to such students, including, but not limited to, 17  Substitute Bill No. 934 
 
 
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national youth suicide prevention helplines accessible by text message.  18 
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following 
sections: 
 
Section 1 July 1, 2021 New section 
 
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