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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR ENGROSSED
HOUSE BILL 1568 By: Boatman, Randleman,
Phillips, Pae and
Rosecrants of the House
and
Haste of the Senate
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
[ schools - creating Maria’s Law - adding mental
health instruction to health education – codification
- effective date ]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be co dified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 11-103.9b of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as fol lows:
A. This section shall be known and may be cited as “Maria’s
Law”.
B. Beginning with the 2022 -2023 school year, the Sta te Board of
Education shall requir e that all schools, as part of any health
education curriculum, include instruction in mental he alth, with an
emphasis on the interrelation of physical and mental well -being.
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C. In consultation with the Department of Ment al Health and
Substance Abuse Serv ices, the Board shall revise the Oklahoma
Academic Standards for Health and Physical Education to include a
focus on mental health and develop a list of age-appropriate
resources for students in grades kindergarten through twelve. The
standards and resources shall be available on the website of the
State Department of Education.
D. School districts may enter into agreements with nonprofit
entities and other community partners to assist with or to provide
mental health education to students pursuant to thi s section if the
nonprofits and community partners are approved by the State
Department of Education and the Department of Mental Health and
Substance Abuse Services.
E. The Board shall promulgate rules to implement the p rovisions
of this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
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