BILL · 2021–22 SESSION

HB 1444: Student supports/COVID-19

Providing trauma-informed counseling and supports to students who were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Summary

Creates, temporarily, a limited school mental health staff certificate for Department of Health licensed or certified mental and behavioral health professionals, for the purpose of providing trauma-informed counseling and supports to students who were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Requires school districts to employ one person with either a school counselor certificate or a temporary mental health staff certificate for every 150 students, beginning with the 2021-22 school year and through July 1, 2025.

From the House Bill Analysis 2021 (HB 1444), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to providing trauma-informed counseling and supports to students who were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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