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Springfield students urge commission to oppose House Bill 172, saying parental-consent rules would block mental-health care
Summary
A youth-led group, BATS, told the commission House Bill 172 would require parental consent in most cases and create barriers to school-based mental-health services; students and commissioners exchanged questions and praise, and students planned to give opposing testimony at the State House the following day.
Members of BATS (Bringing Awareness to Students), a youth-led substance-use prevention and mental-health awareness group, told the Springfield City Commission they oppose Ohio House Bill 172 because it would tighten parental-consent requirements and make accessing school-based mental-health support more difficult for many students.
"House Bill 172, if it were to pass, would eliminate this access to mental health resources without parental consent and require every student in any in every situation to get that parental consent," Emerson Davian, BATS vice president,…
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