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KS HB2236
Bill
Status
2/4/2025
Primary Sponsor
Appropriations
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AI Summary
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Establishes the Mental Health Intervention Team Program Act in Kansas statute, codifying a pilot program first created in 2018 to provide behavioral health services to K-12 students through partnerships between school districts and mental health providers
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School districts may apply annually to participate and must enter memoranda of understanding with partnering mental health intervention team providers (community mental health centers, mental health clinics, or federally qualified health centers)
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Approved school districts receive two grants: one covering salary and fringe benefits for school liaisons, plus a pass-through grant equal to 35% of that amount to pay partnering mental health providers
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Creates a seven-member board to establish a parallel program for qualified nonpublic schools, with authority to allocate funding based on student population, demonstrated need, and staff availability
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Requires annual reporting to legislative committees beginning in 2026 on program participation, grant amounts, and payments to providers
Legislative Description
Establishing the mental health intervention team program in the Kansas department for aging and disability services in state statute and providing incentives for coordination between school districts, qualified schools and mental health intervention team providers.
Last Action
House Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Health and Human Services
3/7/2025