MS SB2727

Establishes the Mississippi K-12 and Postsecondary Mental Health Task Force to assess student mental health challenges, available resources, and gaps in services across K-12, community college, and university systems

Task force membership includes legislative committee chairs, state agency directors, mental health professionals, educators, school personnel, youth council members, and family advocacy representatives (approximately 20 members)

Task force must meet within 45 days and report findings and recommendations to the Legislature by October 1, 2024, including analysis of data, current resources, workforce needs, and successful strategies for addressing student mental health

Reconstitutes the Early Intervention Task Force (previously dissolved December 1, 2023) to work with the state agency coordinating Part C of IDEA on developing a new service delivery model and making recommendations on billing, reimbursement, and service structure by December 1, 2024

Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review shall provide clerical and research support for both task forces; Early Intervention Task Force dissolves upon presentation of its final report