Bill Text: VA HB74 | 2020 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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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-Comm_Sub.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 74 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the House Committee on Appropriations on February 7, 2020) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Kory) A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-298.6, relating to public schools; mental health awareness training required.

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 awareness 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 awareness training or similar program at least once.

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. Such training may be provided via an online module.