PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1521, 3071
PRINTER'S NO. 3211
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1367
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY DALEY, MADDEN, HILL-EVANS, KINSEY, DELLOSO,
SANCHEZ, KHAN, SCOTT, NEILSON, RABB, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, GREEN,
OTTEN, MALAGARI AND MADSEN, JUNE 12, 2023
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
JUNE 3, 2024
AN ACT
Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
act relating to the public school system, including certain
provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
laws relating thereto," in school health services, providing
for student mental health awareness.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known
as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by adding a
section to read:
Section 1426. Student Mental Health Awareness.--(a) Within
one hundred eighty (180) days of the effective date of this
section, the THE State Board of Education shall review the
existing State standards for health, safety and physical
education at 22 Pa. Code Ch. 4 (relating to academic standards
and assessment) and revise the standards as necessary to address
student mental health awareness.
(b) The Department of Education and the Department of Health
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shall jointly develop or identify a model curriculum and a list
of education materials which a school entity or nonpublic school
may use in order to provide mental health awareness education.
Existing model curriculum materials and education materials may
be updated if necessary to comply with this subsection. The
Department of Education and the Department of Health shall
update the model curriculum and education materials within one
(1) year of the date of revision of the State standards under
subsection (a). The Department of Education shall post the model
curriculum and list of education materials required under this
subsection on the department's publicly accessible Internet
website.
(c) A school entity shall notify its students, their parents
or guardians, athletic staff and extracurricular advisors twice
each school year of mental health services available within the
school entity or within the community in which the school entity
is located and how students and their parents or guardians may
access the services.
(d) If a student's participation in a school-sponsored
athletic or extracurricular activity is interrupted, IF A
STUDENT IS INJURED OR SUDDENLY STOPS ATTENDING A SCHOOL-
SPONSORED ATHLETIC OR EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY, the school
entity's student assistance program shall be notified, subject
to the requirements of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy
Act of 1974 (Public Law 90-247, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g). Upon
notification, the school entity's student assistance program
shall, at a minimum, provide the student's parents or guardians
with information on mental health services identified under
subsection (c). The Department of Education may set rules for
the length of time of interruption that may trigger the
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notification to the student assistance program.
(e) Within ninety (90) days of the effective date of this
section, the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association
shall review the existing coaching education requirements for
coaches engaged at a member school and revise the required
educational courses for training of coaches to include student
mental health awareness beginning in the 2025-2026 school year.
Training under this subsection may be credited toward a
THE TRAINING UNDER THIS SUBSECTION:
(1) SHALL, AT A MINIMUM, INCORPORATE THE TRAINING STANDARDS
ADOPTED BY THE SCHOOL SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE UNDER
SECTION 1310-B RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AWARENESS, SUICIDE
AND BULLYING AWARENESS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE AWARENESS.
(2) MAY BE CREDITED TOWARD A professional educator's
continuing professional education requirements under section
1205.2 and a school or system leader's continuing professional
education requirement under section 1205.5.
(f) A student's parent or guardian, or an emancipated
student, shall complete all parts of the report of examination
form required under section 1407 that are designated to be
completed by a student's parent or guardian prior to presenting
the form to a health care provider. A health care provider shall
not complete or sign the report of examination form unless the
student's parent or guardian, or the emancipated student, has
completed all parts of the form that are designated for
completion by a student's parent or guardian.
(g) Within ninety (90) days of the effective date of this
section, the Secretary of Health shall review the report of
examination form required under section 1407, update the form as
necessary and post the updated form on the department's publicly
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accessible Internet website. In reviewing and updating the form,
the Secretary of Health shall consider whether the form requires
parents and guardians to provide additional information on a
student's mental health.
(h) The following words and phrases when used in this
section shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection
unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"School entity." A school district, charter school, regional
charter school, cyber charter school, intermediate unit or area
career and technical school.
"Student assistance program." As defined in 22 Pa. Code §
12.16 (relating to definitions).
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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