HB 74

Abstract

School boards; mental health awareness training. Requires each school board to (i) adopt and implement policies that require each teacher and other relevant personnel, as determined by the school board, employed on a full-time basis, to complete a mental health awareness training or similar program at least once and (ii) provide such training, which may be provided pursuant to a contract with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, a community services board, a behavioral health authority, a nonprofit organization, or other certified trainer or via an online module. This bill incorporates HB 716 and HB 1554 and is identical to SB 619.

Public schools; Mental Health First Aid training. Requires each school board to adopt and implement policies that requireeach teacher and other relevant personnel, as determined by the schoolboard, employed on a full-time basis, to complete a Mental HealthFirst Aid training or similar program. The bill requires each schoolboard to provide such training and provides that a school board maycontract with the Department of Behavioral Health and DevelopmentalServices, a community services board, a behavioral health authority,a nonprofit organization, or other certified trainer to provide suchtraining.