03/14/2022 09:00 AM Senate FINANCE

SENATE BILL NO. 80                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act relating to mental health education."                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
9:04:50 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  ELVI  GRAY-JACKSON,  SPONSOR,   spoke  to  a  brief                                                                    
reintroduction  of the  legislation.  The  bill would  amend                                                                    
existing   health  curriculum   to  include   mental  health                                                                    
curriculum  in  all  K-12  heath  classrooms  to  adequately                                                                    
educate students  on vital information pertaining  to mental                                                                    
health, symptoms  resources, and  treatment. She  noted that                                                                    
the Senate Health and Social  Services committee had amended                                                                    
the  bill   to  include   parental  consent  to   teach  the                                                                    
curriculum to students.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
9:05:42 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Senator  von  Imhof wondered  how  the  curriculum would  be                                                                    
developed and incorporated into the school districts.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
9:06:15 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Senator Gray-Jackson cited page 2 of the legislation:                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     Guidelines for  developmentally appropriate instruction                                                                    
     in  mental health  shall be  developed in  consultation                                                                    
     with  the Department  of  Health  and Social  Services,                                                                    
     regional     tribal    health     organizations,    and                                                                    
     representatives  of national  and  state mental  health                                                                    
     organizations.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
9:06:44 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Senator von Imhof remarked that  the fiscal note was $71,000                                                                    
for development of the curriculum.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
9:06:53 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Senator Gray-Jackson replied in the affirmative.                                                                                
9:07:03 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Senator  Wielechowski addressed  the  fiscal  note from  the                                                                    
Department of  Education and  Early Development  (DEED), OMB                                                                    
component 2796. He read from the analysis:                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
     This  fiscal note  contains  three one-time, multi-year                                                                
     expenses:  1) $30.0  for $1.5  stipends for  20 parents                                                                    
     and  qualified  stake  holders   for  their  year  long                                                                    
     participation  in the  research  and  authoring of  the                                                                    
     standards,  2) $35.0  contract  for  a national  Mental                                                                    
     Health  Education expert  to  facilitate the  standards                                                                    
     process and professional  development materials, and 3)                                                                    
     $6.0  for   legal  fees  to  implement   the  necessary                                                                    
     regulation changes.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
9:08:08 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Senator Wielechowski  MOVED to  REPORT CS  SB 80  (HSS) from                                                                    
committee  with  individual   recommendations  and  attached                                                                    
fiscal note. There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
SB  80 was  REPORTED out  of committee  with five  "do pass"                                                                    
recommendations  and with  one new  fiscal impact  note from                                                                    
the Department of Education and Early Development.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
9:08:40 AM                                                                                                                    
AT EASE                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
9:10:21 AM                                                                                                                    
RECONVENED