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Maryland Senate Bill SB852 Compare Versions

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3	3		EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXIS TING LAW.
4	4		[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
5		-	Underlining indicates amendments to bill.
6		-	Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by
7		-	amendment.
8	5		sb0852
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10	7		SENATE BILL 852
11	8		F1 2lr2886
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13	10		By: Senator Carter
14	11		Introduced and read first time: February 7, 2022
15	12		Assigned to: Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
16		-	Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
17		-	Senate action: Adopted
18		-	Read second time: March 8, 2022
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20		-	~~CHAPTER ______~~
	14	+	A BILL ENTITLED
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22	16		AN ACT concerning 1
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24		-	Education – County Boards of Education – Health Educator Position School 2
25		-	Personnel – Training 3
	18	+	Education – County Boards of Education – Health Educator Position 2
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27		-	FOR the purpose of requiring each county board of education to create a health educator 4
28		-	position to oversee the implementation of certain health education instruction and 5
29		-	to gather certain data; altering the training requirements for certain school 6
30		-	personnel to include training to recognize students experiencing teen dating 7
31		-	violence; and generally relating to health education and county boards of education. 8
	20	+	FOR the purpose of requiring each county board of education to create a health educator 3
	21	+	position to oversee the implementation of certain health education instruction and 4
	22	+	to gather certain data; and generally relating to health education and county boards 5
	23	+	of education. 6
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33		-	BY adding to ~~repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 9~~
34		-	Article – Education 10
35		-	Section 4–141 ~~6–122(a) 11~~
36		-	Annotated Code of Maryland 12
37		-	(2018 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 13
	25	+	BY adding to 7
	26	+	Article – Education 8
	27	+	Section 4–141 9
	28	+	Annotated Code of Maryland 10
	29	+	(2018 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 11
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39		-	BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 14
40		-	Article – Education 15
41		-	Section 6–122(b) and (c) 16
42		-	Annotated Code of Maryland 17
43		-	(2018 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 18
	31	+	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 12
	32	+	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 13
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45		-	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 19
46		-	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 20
	34	+	Article – Education 14
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48		-	Article – Education 21 2 SENATE BILL 852
	36	+	4–141. 15
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	38	+	(A) EACH COUNTY BOARD SHA LL CREATE A HEALTH E DUCATOR POSITION 16
	39	+	TO: 17
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	41	+	(1) OVERSEE THE IMPLEMENT ATION OF AGE–APPROPRIATE HEALTH 18
	42	+	EDUCATION INSTRUCTION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN TH E COUNTY; AND 19
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	44	+	(2) GATHER DETAILED DATA REGARDING THE OPERATION AND 20
	45	+	EFFECTIVENESS OF HEALTH EDUCATION INSTRUCTION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE 21
	46	+	COUNTY. 22
	47	+	2 SENATE BILL 852
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	50	+	(B) THE HEALTH EDUCATOR POSITION SHALL BE FU NDED USING THE 1
	51	+	FUNDS PROVIDED UNDER TITLE 5, SUBTITLE 2 OF THIS ARTICLE. 2
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52		-	6–122. 1
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54		-	(a) Except as provided in § 6–704.1 of this title and beginning on or before July 1, 2
55		-	2018, the State Board shall require all certificated school personnel who have direct contact 3
56		-	with students on a regular basis to complete training on or before December 1 each year, 4
57		-	by a method determined by each county board, in the skills required to: 5
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59		-	(1) Understand and respond to youth suicide risk; 6
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61		-	(2) Identify professional resources to help students in crisis; 7
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63		-	(3) Recognize student behavioral health issues; 8
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65		-	(4) Recognize students experiencing trauma or violence out of school, 9
66		-	INCLUDING TEEN DATIN G VIOLENCE, and refer students to behavioral health services; 10
67		-	and 11
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69		-	(5) If the school is a community school, support any students needing the 12
70		-	services at a community school. 13
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72		-	(b) The training required under subsection (a) of this section shall be: 14
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74		-	(1) Provided to certificated school personnel during an in–service program; 15
75		-	or 16
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77		-	(2) A professional development requirement that may be met during time 17
78		-	designated for professional development. 18
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80		-	(c) The State Board shall adopt regulations to implement this section. 19
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82		-	4–141. 20
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84		-	(A) EACH COUNTY BOARD SHA LL CREATE A HEALTH E DUCATOR POSITION 21
85		-	TO: 22
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87		-	(1) OVERSEE THE IMPLEMENT ATION OF AGE–APPROPRIATE HEALTH 23
88		-	EDUCATION INSTRUCTIO N IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY; AND 24
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90		-	(2) GATHER DETAILED DATA REGARDING THE OPERAT ION AND 25
91		-	EFFECTIVENESS OF HEA LTH EDUCATION INSTRU CTION IN PUBLIC SCHO OLS IN THE 26
92		-	COUNTY. 27
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94		-	(B) THE HEALTH EDUCATOR P OSITION SHALL BE FUN DED USING THE 28
95		-	FUNDS PROVIDED UNDER TITLE 5, SUBTITLE 2 OF THIS ARTICLE. 29
96		-	SENATE BILL 852 3
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99		-	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shal l take effect July 1
100		-	1, 2022. 2
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105		-	Approved:
106		-	________________________________________________________________________________
107		-	Governor.
108		-	________________________________________________________________________________
109		-	President of the Senate.
110		-	________________________________________________________________________________
111		-	Speaker of the House of Delegates.
	53	+	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 3
	54	+	1, 2022. 4