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IN SB0354
Bill
Status
1/10/2019
Primary Sponsor
Frank Mrvan
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AI Summary
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School corporations must include mental health wellness education in their health education curriculum, covering topics such as anxiety disorders, hyperactivity disorders, eating disorders, self-mutilation, depression, and schizophrenia
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Mental health wellness education must address stigma associated with mental illness, resources for seeking help, the importance of positive mental health, and causes, prevention, and control of mental illness
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School corporation governing bodies may provide mental health screenings to students only after obtaining written consent from a parent or guardian
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The Indiana Department of Education must provide mental health wellness resources to school corporations upon request
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Effective date: July 1, 2019
Legislative Description
Mental health education and screenings. Requires a school corporation's health education curriculum to include mental health wellness education. Provides that the governing body of a school corporation may provide mental health screenings to students if the governing body receives written consent from a student's parent or guardian to provide a mental health screening to the student. Requires the department of education to provide a school corporation with resources regarding mental health wellness upon request by the school corporation.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
1/10/2019