HB 615 — MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING FOR EDUCATION STAFF

HOUSE BILLEDUCATION 615COMMITTEE 54SUBSTITUTE THFOR LEGISLATURE-HOUSE STATEBILL OF615 NEW54TH MEXICOLEGISLATURE - STATEOFNEWMEXICO- FIRST SESSIO,SESSION, 2019 INTRODUCED4 BY6 Raymundo8 Lara10 andAN WillieACT D.RELATING TO EDUCATION;

MadridPROVIDING 6FOR 8A 10PILOT ANPROJECT ACTREQUIRING RELATINGTRAINING TOIN EDUCATION;VARIOUS ASPECTS OF MENTAL HEALTH FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION PERSONNEL AND STUDENTS' FAMILIES;

REQUIRING ANNUALTHE 14 CREATION OF TRAINING MATERIALS IN VARIOUSCONSULTATION ASPECTSWITH THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTALHEALTH, HEALTHTHE FORCHILDREN, ALLYOUTH PUBLICAND EDUCATIONFAMILIES PERSONNEL;DEPARTMENT AND THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT;

REQUIRING THEe PROVISIONt OF17 MENTALBENCHMARKS, HEALTHPERFORMANCE TRAININGMEASURES TOAND STUDENTS'EVALUATIONS; FAMILIES;

REQUIRINGPROVIDING THEFOR CREATIONw OFl TRAININGn MATERIALSd IN18 CONSULTATIONNO WITHPRIVATE THERIGHT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH,ACTION; THE CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES DEPARTMENT AND THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT;

eMAKING tAN 17APPROPRIATION. PROVIDING FOR NO PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION.

w= l= n19 da 18l =i =a 19e r 20 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

a lt im am e21 r 20 SECTION 1.

ATEMPORARY newPROVISION--MENTAL sectionHEALTH ofTRAINING thed Schoolr Personnele Act22 isPILOT aPROJECT.-- tc me ms 21k enacted23 toA. read:

dThe r"mental health training pilot project" is e 22a "[NEWn MATERIAL]b TRAINING24 INcreated STUDENTas MENTALa HEALTHtwo-year NEEDSpilot cproject ein sthe kGadsden 23independent REQUIRED--NOu PRIVATE[ RIGHTschool OFdistrict ACTION.--beginning eJuly a1, n2019 band 24ending A.July 1, 2021.

The.214448.2 departmentHEC/HB shall:615 B.

uThe [Gadsden (1)independent requireschool alldistrict, publicin schoolconsultation personnel,with .212648.2the includingpublic ancillaryeducation staff,department, instructionalshall supportdesign providersthe andpilot volunteers,project to annuallyinclude, receiveat traininga regarding:minimum, the following:

(a)(1) earlyall identificationpublic ofschool social,personnel, emotionalincluding andancillary behavioralstaff, problems,instructional orsupport substanceproviders use disorders and thevolunteers, provisionshall ofreceive earlytraining interventionregarding: services;

(b)(a) techniquesearly andidentification supportsof neededsocial, toemotional earlyand identifybehavioral thoseproblems childrenor withsubstance traumause historiesdisorders and childrenthe with,provision orof atearly riskintervention of,services; mental illness;

(c)(b) thetechniques useand ofsupports referralneeded processesto thatidentify linkthose children andwith familiestrauma tohistories appropriate treatment and intervention services in the school and in the community and processes to follow up with children andwith, familiesor whenat servicesrisk areof, notmental available;illness;

(d)(c) strategiesthe use of referral processes that promotelink achildren schoolwideand positivefamilies environment;to appropriate treatment and intervention services in the school and in the community and processes to follow up with children and families when services e e 17 are not available;

ande (e)e strategiesn ford promoting18 the(d) social,strategies ethat epromote 17a emotional,schoolwide mental= and= behaviorall health] of19 allpositive students;environment;

e e n d 18 (2) regularly provide opportunities to = = l ] 19 students' parents, siblings and other family members for a l r i 20 training(e) thatstrategies isfor substantiallypromoting similarthe tosocial, that provided for in t e a t Subparagraphsemotional, (a)mental through (e) of Paragraph (1) of this m m 21 e d r e 22 subsection, which may include classes, workshops, seminars or c e r c 23 community health events that introduce students and their e a n b 24 families to local behavioral health serviceof providers;all students;

andm um [21 (3)e ind consultation(2) with the departmentschool ofdistrict .212648.2shall -regularly 2r -e health,22 thec children,e youthr andc families23 departmentprovide opportunities to students' parents, siblings and theother humane servicesa department,n developb course24 materialsfamily members for training that is substantially similar to effectuateu the[ trainingthat outlinedprovided for in ParagraphsSubparagraphs (1)(a) andthrough (2)(e) of Paragraph .214448.2 - 2 - HEC/HB 615 (1) of this subsection, includingwhich materialsmay include classes, workshops, seminars or community health events that address:introduce students and their families to local behavioral health service providers;

and (3) in consultation with the department of health, the children, youth and families department and the human services department, develop training materials that are locally sourced to effectuate the training outlined in Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection, including materials that address:

(e) safe techniques to de-escalate e e 17 crisis situations;

e e n d 18 (f) identification of signs and symptoms = = l ] 19 of early stages of mental illness and behavioral health issues;

a l r i 20 and t e a t (g) the use of evidence-based practices m m 21 e d and programs, including mental health first aid or core r e 22 c e 17r c 23 elements of similar programs.

e ea n db 1824 B.C.

NoDuring personthe shallterm have a cause of actionthe forpilot anyproject, = = l ] 19 loss or damage caused by any act or omission resulting from the au l[ rGadsden iindependent 20school implementationdistrict ofand the provisionspublic ofeducation this.214448.2 section- or3 resulting- tHEC/HB e615 adepartment tshall fromprovide anyannual training,reports orto lackthe thereof,appropriate requiredinterim bylegislative thisbody. section.

mAt mthe 21end eof dthe rpilot eproject, 22a C.final report and recommendations shall be submitted to the governor and the legislature.

TheD. training, or lack thereof, required by the c e r c 23 provisions of this section shall not be construed to impose any e a n b 24 specific duty of care." u [ - 3 - .212648.2

No person shall have a cause of action for any loss or damage caused by any act or omission resulting from the implementation of the provisions of this section or resulting from any training, or lack thereof, required by this section.

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The training, or lack thereof, required by the provisions of this section shall not be construed to impose any specific duty of care.

SECTION 2.

APPROPRIATION.--Thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the public education department for expenditure in fiscal year 2020 and subsequent fiscal years to provide the Gadsden independent school district with supplies, materials and trainers to e e 17 support and effectuate the mental health training pilot e e n d 18 project.

Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at = = l ] 19 the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund.

a l r i 20 - 4 - t e a t m m 21 e d r e 22 c e r c 23 e a n b 24 u [ .214448.2