49600.5.
(a) Notwithstanding Section 49422, a local educational agency shall employ or contract with at least one mental health clinician and at least one case manager for each schoolsite of the local educational agency, pursuant to the following schedule:(1) For elementary school schoolsites, on or before July 1, 2026.
(2) For middle school schoolsites, on or before July 1, 2028.
(3) For high school schoolsites, on or before July 1, 2030.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 49422, but consistent with the requirements of the Section 51101, a local educational agency
shall conduct universal screenings for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and dyslexia, pursuant to the following schedule:
(1) For elementary school schoolsites, on or before July 1, 2026.
(2) For middle school schoolsites, on or before July 1, 2028.
(3) For high school schoolsites, on or before July 1, 2030.
(c) Notwithstanding Section 49422, but consistent with the requirements of the Section 51101, a mental health clinician who conducts a screening pursuant subdivision (b) shall develop and provide to the pupil and their parent or guardian an action plan based upon findings from the screening, as appropriate, and case managers shall help implement the approved action plans.
(d) For
purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) “Case manager” means any of the following:
(A) A person with a doctoral degree in social work.
(B) A person with a master’s degree in social work.
(C) A marriage and family therapist, as defined in Chapter 13 (commencing with Section 4980) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code.
(2) “Local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.
(3) “Mental health clinician” means a person certified and trained to conduct screenings for, and to identify and diagnose the presence of, adverse childhood experiences, and
who is at least one of following:
(A) A California board-certified, or board-eligible, psychiatrist.
(B) A marriage and family therapist, as defined in Chapter 13 (commencing with Section 4980) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code.
(C) A licensed educational psychologist, as defined in Chapter 13.5 (commencing with Section 4989.10) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code.
(D) A credentialed school psychologist, as described in Section 49424.
(E) A clinical psychologist licensed under Chapter 6.6 (commencing with Section 2900) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code.
(F) A registered
psychological associate, as described in Section 2913 working under the supervision of a licensed professional specified in Section 2902 of the Business and Professions Code.
(G) A licensed clinical social worker, as defined in Chapter 14 (commencing with Section 4991) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code.
(H) A licensed professional clinical counselor, as defined in Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 4999.10) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code.
(I) A person registered as an associate professional clinical counselor, as defined in Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 4999.10) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code, while working under the supervision of a licensed professional specified in subdivision (h) of Section 4999.12 of the Business and Professions Code.
(J) A credentialed school nurse, as described pursuant to Section 49426.