Bill Text: OR HB3092 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

Oregon House Bill 3092 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to mental health; appropriating money.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB3092 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HB3092-Introduced.html



     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

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LC 3355

                         House Bill 3092

Sponsored by Representative TOMEI

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Requires Oregon Health Authority to develop curriculum for
training licensed professionals, law enforcement personnel and
campus staff to recognize signs and symptoms of mental illness,
respond to individual in crisis and refer individual for
appropriate help. Requires authority to establish demonstration
project with youth component to provide funding to 10
institutions of higher education to provide staff training.
  Appropriates moneys from General Fund to authority for purposes
of demonstration project.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to mental health; and appropriating money.
  Whereas mental illness has become increasingly common among
college students over the last 10 years; and
  Whereas suicide is the second leading cause of death among
college students; and
  Whereas ignorance of the signs and symptoms of mental illness
and the stigma associated with seeking help often prevent
students from getting appropriate treatment for mental illness;
and
  Whereas many Americans know how to administer first aid and
seek medical help if they come upon a person having a heart
attack, but few are trained to provide similar help to a person
experiencing a mental health crisis; now, therefore,
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { +  Mental health first aid training program. (1)
The Oregon Health Authority shall develop a curriculum for a
public education program that teaches how to recognize the signs
and symptoms of mental illness, how to understand and respond to
an individual with mental illness or a substance use disorder who
is in crisis and how to connect such an individual with
professional, peer or other help. The authority shall make the
curriculum available for training state licensed professionals
and law enforcement personnel.
  (2) The curriculum must include a component that focuses on
youth, including training in how to:
  (a) Identify mental health problems in young people;
  (b) Connect a young person with mental health problems with
appropriate care and treatment; and
  (c) Safely de-escalate a young person's mental health
crisis. + }
  SECTION 2.  { +  Demonstration project. (1) The Oregon Health
Authority shall establish a demonstration project to provide
funding for the training described in section 1 (2) of this 2013
Act to be conducted at 10 institutions of higher education for
campus counseling staff, dormitory resident advisors, members of
higher education threat assessment and disciplinary committees,
appropriate faculty members, coaches, athletic department staff
or other appropriate staff.
  (2) The goals of the demonstration project are to:
  (a) Improve overall student mental health;
  (b) Reduce the stigma associated with mental illness; and
  (c) Identify students who may be at risk of suicide or
self-harm and refer them to appropriate treatment. + }
  SECTION 3.  { +  Appropriation. There is appropriated to the
Oregon Health Authority, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2013,
out of the General Fund, the amount of $________ for carrying out
the demonstration project described in section 2 of this 2013
Act. + }
  SECTION 4.  { +  Captions. The section captions used in this
2013 Act are provided only for the convenience of the reader and
do not become part of the statutory law of this state or express
any legislative intent in the enactment of this 2013 Act. + }
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