HSB 676 (LSB 6299YC (1) 90)

HOUSE FILE _____ 

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION BILL BY CHAIRPERSON WHEELER)

A BILL FOR

An Act requiring school districts to post information on mental health resources online.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  279.84  Posting of mental health resources online.
   1.  A school district shall post on the school district’s internet site a list of mental health resources available at the school district. Such resources shall include but are not limited to resources for identification and treatment of student mental health needs as well as mental health resources identified on the internet site of the your life Iowa program or a successor program. A school district shall also post the internet site address of the your life Iowa program or a successor program.
   2.  A school district shall promote awareness of the location on the school district’s internet site of the resources specified by this section to students, including at student events, by posted materials in school buildings, and by electronic means.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill requires a school district to post on the school district’s internet site a list of mental health resources available at the school district, including but not limited to resources for identification and treatment of student mental health needs and the internet site address of the your life Iowa program or a successor program.
   The bill requires a school district to promote awareness of the location on the school district’s internet site of the specified resources to students.