H.F. _____ Section 1. NEW SECTION . 279.84 Posting of mental health 1 resources online. 2 1. A school district shall post on the school district’s 3 internet site a list of mental health resources available at 4 the school district. Such resources shall include but are 5 not limited to resources for identification and treatment of 6 student mental health needs as well as mental health resources 7 identified on the internet site of the your life Iowa program 8 or a successor program. A school district shall also post 9 the internet site address of the your life Iowa program or a 10 successor program. 11 2. A school district shall promote awareness of the location 12 on the school district’s internet site of the resources 13 specified by this section to students, including at student 14 events, by posted materials in school buildings, and by 15 electronic means. 16 EXPLANATION 17 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 18 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 19 This bill requires a school district to post on the school 20 district’s internet site a list of mental health resources 21 available at the school district, including but not limited to 22 resources for identification and treatment of student mental 23 health needs and the internet site address of the your life 24 Iowa program or a successor program. 25 The bill requires a school district to promote awareness 26 of the location on the school district’s internet site of the 27 specified resources to students. 28 -1- LSB 6299YC (1) 90 je/jh 1/ 1