Bill Text: IA HF2063 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act providing for the staffing of mental health professionals in primary and secondary schools and making appropriations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-17 - Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 98. [HF2063 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2023-HF2063-Introduced.html
House File 2063 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2063 BY ISENHART A BILL FOR An Act providing for the staffing of mental health 1 professionals in primary and secondary schools and making 2 appropriations. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5794YH (3) 90 je/jh
H.F. 2063 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 280.36 Mental health professionals 1 —— appropriation. 2 1. Each public school and nonpublic school shall have a 3 minimum of one health care professional with mental health 4 credentials available on site daily to assist students during 5 normal hours of instruction. 6 2. There is appropriated annually from the general fund of 7 the state to the department of education an amount sufficient 8 to meet the requirements of subsection 1. 9 3. The department of health and human services shall assist 10 the department of education in determining the annual amount 11 necessary to meet the requirements of subsection 1. 12 EXPLANATION 13 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 14 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 15 This bill requires all charter schools, public schools, and 16 accredited nonpublic schools to have a minimum of one health 17 care professional with mental health credentials available on 18 site to assist students during normal hours of instruction. 19 The bill annually appropriates to the department of 20 education an amount sufficient to provide this staffing, and 21 requires the department of health and human services to assist 22 the department of education in determining the required amount. 23 -1- LSB 5794YH (3) 90 je/jh 1/ 1
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