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OH HB443

Bill

Status

Introduced

12/12/2017

Primary Sponsor

Martin Sweeney

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Origin

House of Representatives

132nd General Assembly (2017-2018)

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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