l9n/ Mississippi

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 1399

Peer Helpers PLUS Act; create to provide counseling, education and mental health intervention in public schools.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Appropriations A Committee on February 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE PEER HELPERS PLUS PROGRAM; TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM; TO STIPULATE THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE COUNSELING AND MENTAL HEALTH INTERVENTIONS FOR STUDENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS THROUGH A MULTI-TIERED SYSTEM OF APPROACHES INCLUDING THE PREVENTION AWARENESS FOR TOTAL HEALTH (PATH) CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTIONAL COMPONENT AND PEER-TO-PEER COUNSELING; TO REQUIRE SCHOOLS TO APPLY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH FOR PROGRAM FUNDING; TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF A PORTION OF THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUND TO SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE FOR A REPORTING COMPONENT BY SCHOOLS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH; 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

1 co-sponsor

Kevin Felsher

Its course

January 20 to February 4, 2025, 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 action3 actions on 3 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 20 to Jan 3010 days

Appropriations AJan 30 to Feb 4 · stopped5 days

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 20 – Feb 4

  1. Jan 20Referred to the House committees on Public Health and Human Services and on Appropriations A
  2. Jan 30Reported as a committee substitute from PH to AP in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 4Died in committee in the House
All 3 actions, as published
  1. Jan 20Referred To Public Health and Human Services;Appropriations AHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 30DR - TSDPCS: PH To APHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 4Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives