HF 223 (LSB 2319YH (3) 91)

HOUSE FILE 223

BY  BROWN-POWERS, GOSA, EHLERT, GJERDE, R. JOHNSON, KURTH, CROKEN, and WILBURN

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to mental health resources for students enrolled in public schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 256E.7, subsection 2, Code 2025, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  0r.  Be subject to and comply with the requirements of section 279.87 relating to the publication of mental health resources and partnering with students to find additional ways to increase student awareness of mental health resources and information related to mental health.
    Sec. 2.  Section 256F.4, Code 2025, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  r.  Be subject to and comply with the requirements of section 279.87 relating to the publication of mental health resources and partnering with students to find additional ways to increase student awareness of mental health resources and information related to mental health.
    Sec. 3.  NEW SECTION.  279.87  Mental health resources.
   The board of directors of each school district and the authorities in charge of each accredited nonpublic school shall do all of the following:
   1.  Publish on the school district’s or accredited nonpublic school’s internet site the mental health resources created by your life Iowa, or a link to where such mental health resources may be accessed on your life Iowa’s internet site.
   2.  Partner with students enrolled in the school district or accredited nonpublic school in order to find additional ways to increase student awareness of mental health resources and information related to mental health.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to mental health resources for students enrolled in school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools. The bill requires schools to publish on the school’s internet site the mental health resources created by your life Iowa, or a link to where such mental health resources may be accessed on your life Iowa’s internet site, and to partner with students enrolled in the school in order to find additional ways to increase student awareness of mental health resources and information related to mental health.