FL H1169

Creates s. 1006.05, F.S., requiring school districts that provide mental health assessment, diagnosis, intervention, treatment, and recovery services to students with mental health or co-occurring substance use disorders to adhere to the guiding principles of the state mental health treatment and support system under s. 394.491.

Requires school districts to contract with managing entities to provide care coordinators for students with complex behavioral health needs who continue to experience adverse outcomes due to unmet needs or inability to engage.

Mandates that a managing entity care coordinator be placed in each school district implementing a coordinated system of care to ensure students receive necessary services and that all available public and private insurance funds are used before school-based mental health funding is accessed for community-based services.

Requires school districts to address recommendations from the managing entity's care coordinator when a student returns to school after an involuntary admission to an acute psychiatric care facility.

Requires each school district to meet general performance outcomes for the child and adolescent mental health treatment and support system and report annually to the Department of Education on those outcomes and how support system funding is allocated and spent; effective July 1, 2024.