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OH HB443
Bill
Status
Introduced
12/12/2017
Primary Sponsor
Martin Sweeney
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AI Summary
- Amends section 3313.60 of the Revised Code to require school district boards of education to include mental health instruction in their health education curricula
- Mental health instruction shall include general information about identifying, treating, and when possible, preventing mental illness, as defined in section 5119.01 of the Revised Code
- Applies to city, exempted village, and local school districts, as well as cooperative education school districts established pursuant to section 3311.521
- Adds mental health instruction as subsection (h) within the existing health education requirements that already include nutrition, drug abuse prevention, venereal disease education, dating violence prevention, and prescription opioid abuse prevention
- Repeals existing section 3313.60 and replaces it with the amended version containing the new mental health instruction requirement
Legislative Description
Incorporate mental health instruction into health education
Education
Last Action
Refer to Committee: Education and Career Readiness
1/16/2018
Committee Referrals
Education and Career Readiness1/16/2018
Full Bill Text
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