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Committee backs training and information measures aimed at student-athlete mental health
Summary
House Bill LC492115, sponsored as a follow-up to prior session work, would require informational resources on mental health and suicide awareness for student athletes and require coaches to complete existing training videos; the committee gave the bill a due-pass recommendation.
The Georgia House Committee on Education voted to give House Bill LC492115 a due-pass recommendation after the bill’s sponsor described measures to increase mental‑health awareness among student athletes.
Representative Crawford, presenting the measure, said the bill mirrors existing coach-training approaches used for concussion protocol and heat-related illness. The bill would require informational materials to appear on school web pages and ask coaches to complete already-produced training videos so they can better recognize and respond to mental‑health concerns and suicide risk among student athletes.
Members strongly supported the bill in committee, and the sponsor said the Georgia High School Association had been involved in development and supported the approach. A brief exchange on the bill’s origins and the sponsor’s personal experience followed; the sponsor cited student-athlete mental‑health and suicide concerns as motivating factors.
Representative Crawford moved that the bill receive a due-pass recommendation; the motion was seconded and the committee approved it by voice vote.
What’s next: The bill will move to the committee rules calendar. Supporters said the measure relies on materials and videos already produced and would integrate into existing coach training and school communications.
Ending: Sponsoring members framed the bill as aligning coach training with public-health needs for adolescent athletes.
