ENROLLED
ACT No. 455
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 846
BY REPRESENTATIVES KNOX, ADAMS, BOYD, WILFORD CARTER, CHASSION,
DEWITT, FISHER, FREEMAN, FREIBERG, HUGHES, JORDAN, LAFLEUR,
MANDIE LANDRY, LARVADAIN, LYONS, MARCELLE, MOORE, MYERS,
NEWELL, SELDERS, TAYLOR, WILLARD, AND ZERINGUE
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 39:82.3, relative to the reporting of federal and state funds allocated to
3 providing mental health services; to provide relative to funds allocated to providing
4 mental health services across state agencies and school systems; to require reporting
5 by the division of administration; to require reporting by the state Department of
6 Education; to provide for specific reports to the Joint Legislative Committee on the
7 Budget; to provide relative to the authority of the Joint Legislative Committee on the
8 Budget; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.
9 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
10 Section 1. R.S. 39:82.3 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
11 ยง82.3. Reporting on federal and state funds allocated to mental health services
12 A.(1) The division of administration, hereinafter referred to in this Section
13 as the "division", shall submit a report in accordance with the provisions of this
14 Subsection to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget, hereinafter referred to
15 in this Subsection as "committee", regarding federal and state funding allocated to
16 providing mental health services across all state agencies. The report shall provide
17 information needed by policy makers to make informed decisions about mental
18 health services provided across the state of Louisiana.
19 (2) The division shall create and update annually the Mental Health Funding
20 Transparency Report. The division shall submit the report to the committee no later
21 than the first meeting of the committee after January first of each year. The
22 information shall be provided on a form as prescribed by the division and approved
23 by the committee. The report shall provide the funds spent by each state agency for
24 providing mental health services and shall include, at a minimum, the following:
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1 (a) Budget unit.
2 (b) Program description.
3 (c) Means of finance.
4 (d) Funding source or name of grant.
5 (e) Service provided.
6 (f) Population served.
7 (g) Area served.
8 (h) Demographic data, including the number of individuals with disabilities.
9 (3) This Subsection shall not apply to the state Department of Education.
10 B.(1) The state Department of Education, hereinafter referred to in this
11 Section as the "department", shall submit a report in accordance with the provisions
12 of this Subsection to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget, hereinafter
13 referred to in this Subsection as "committee", regarding federal and state funding
14 allocated to providing mental health services within the department and schools
15 across the state, including traditional public schools, charter schools, and any
16 nonpublic school receiving such funding.
17 (2) The department shall create and update annually the Mental Health
18 Funding Transparency in Elementary and Secondary Education Report. The
19 department shall submit the report to the committee no later than the first meeting
20 of the committee after January first of each year. The information shall be on a form
21 as prescribed by the department and approved by the committee. The report shall
22 provide the funds spent by the governing authority of each traditional public school,
23 charter school, and nonpublic school, as applicable, for providing mental health
24 services and shall include, at a minimum, the following:
25 (a) Budget unit.
26 (b) School governing authority.
27 (c) Program description.
28 (d) Means of finance.
29 (e) Funding source or name of grant.
30 (f) Service provided.
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1 (g) Demographic data, including the number of individuals with disabilities.
2 (h) Grade level served.
3 (3) The department shall also submit a copy of the report to the House
4 Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education at the time the
5 report is submitted to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget.
6 C. The Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget may make such studies
7 and hold such hearings as it shall deem appropriate and necessary to review the
8 allocation of funds as provided in the reports required pursuant to this Section.
9 Section 2. This Act shall become effective July 1, 2024.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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