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House advances bill to expand peer‑to‑peer mental health supports in schools
Summary
H.817 would establish non‑clinical, supervised peer support programs in schools, create a mental‑health literacy framework, and allow grants as funding is available; the Health Care and Appropriations committees recommended amendment and the House ordered third reading.
The House advanced H.817 after committee reporters described the bill’s focus on upstream prevention, mental‑health literacy, and supervised peer‑to‑peer supports in schools. "One in four high school students in Vermont report self‑harm behaviors in the past year," the member reporting the bill said, citing the Youth Risk…
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