Bill Text: VA HB74 | 2020 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Public schools; mental health awareness training required.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-03-25 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0471) [HB74 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2020-HB74-Prefiled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 22.1-298.6 as follows:
§22.1-298.6. Mental Health First Aid training.
A. Each school board shall adopt and implement policies that require each teacher and other relevant personnel, as determined by the school board, employed on a full-time basis, to complete a Mental Health First Aid training or similar program.
B. Each school board shall provide required personnel the training required by subsection A and may contract with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, a community services board, a behavioral health authority, a nonprofit organization, or other certified trainer as defined in §37.2-312.2 to provide such training.