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Appropriations committee advances bill to let schools apply for mental health literacy grants
Summary
The House Appropriations Committee voted to advance H817, which authorizes grants for mental health literacy training for school staff and permits peer-to-peer support programs; the bill contains no state appropriation and its implementation depends on future grant funding or later appropriations.
The House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday voted to advance H817, a bill that would allow public schools to apply to the Department of Mental Health for grants to provide mental health literacy training to educators and authorize schools, afterschool programs or youth-mentoring organizations to establish peer-to-peer mental health support programs.
"In subsection B ... public school may apply to the department of mental health or design for a grant to provide mental health literacy training to educators or other school personnel," said Katie Mlan of the Office of Legislative Council as she described the Committee on Healthcare's report on H817. The measure also requires the Department of Mental Health to provide guidance and includes reporting requirements for the initiatives.
A committee fiscal staffer, Nolan, told members the bill does not include a state appropriation to support the grants or DMH's oversight.…
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