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2022 Regular Session

House Bill 832

Mental Awareness Program for School Act; enact to provide for mental health service providers and certain trauma-informed training.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Appropriations Committee on March 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE MENTAL AWARENESS PROGRAM FOR SCHOOLS; TO AMEND SECTION 37-3-89, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE MENTAL AWARENESS AND TRAUMA-INFORMED APPROACHES IN EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAMS; TO DEFINE TRAUMA-INFORMED APPROACHES; TO AMEND SECTION 37-9-79, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS SHALL HAVE AT LEAST ONE SCHOOL COUNSELOR OR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDER PER 250 STUDENTS; TO AUTHORIZE UNDERFUNDED AND UNDERSTAFFED SCHOOL TO EMPLOY ONE SCHOOL COUNSELOR TO SERVICE ALL THE SCHOOLS IN THE EMPLOYING SCHOOL DISTRICT; TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF TIME AND DUTIES WITHIN SUCH DISTRICTS; TO REQUIRE SCHOOL COUNSELORS OR SCHOOL-BASED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDERS TO CREATE A TRAUMA-INFORMED TEAM FOR EACH SCHOOL; TO REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS TO REPORT THE NUMBER AND PLACEMENT OF SCHOOL COUNSELORS IN THE DISTRICT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; TO AUTHORIZE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ENTER INTO A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED SOCIAL WORK CONSORTIUM AND CERTAIN STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING TO PLACE MASTER'S LEVEL GRADUATE STUDENTS INTO SCHOOLS AS SCHOOL COUNSELORS UNDER A SUPERVISED INTERNSHIP PROGRAM; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 37-9-80, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH REQUIRES THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, TO CREATE A TOOLKIT TO ASSIST SCHOOLS IN IMPLEMENTING TRAUMA-INFORMED APPROACHES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

4 co-sponsors

Zakiya Summers, Kevin Felsher, De'Keither A. Stamps, Orlando Paden

Its course

January 17 to March 1, 2022, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action11 actions on 8 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 17 to Feb 923 days

EducationJan 17 to Jan 269 days

AppropriationsJan 26 to Feb 16 days

EducationFeb 1 to Feb 10 days

In the SenateFeb 9 to Mar 1 · stopped20 days

EducationFeb 11 to Feb 2312 days

AppropriationsFeb 23 to Mar 1 · stopped6 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 9

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 17 – Feb 9

  1. Jan 17Referred to the House committees on Education and on Appropriations
  2. Jan 26Reported from ED to AP in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 1Reported from AP to ED in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  5. Feb 8Read the third time in the House
  6. Feb 9Amended in the House
  7. Passed the House as amended

In the Senate Feb 11 – Mar 1

  1. Feb 11Sent to the Senate
  2. Referred to the Senate committees on Education and on Appropriations
  3. Feb 23Reported as amended from ED to AP in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Mar 1Died in committee in the Senate
All 11 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To Education;AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 26DR - TSDP: ED To APHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 1DR - TSDP: AP To EDHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 1Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 8Read the Third TimeHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 9AmendedHouse of Representatives
  7. Feb 9Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  8. Feb 11Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  9. Feb 11Referred To Education;AppropriationsSenate
  10. Feb 23DR - TSDPAA: ED To APSenate
  11. Mar 1Died In CommitteeSenate