Bill > SB6588

This bill updates the children's mental health work group by renaming it the "children and youth behavioral health work group," expanding its membership and duties, and requiring it to provide recommendations to the legislature every two years. The key provisions include: 1) expanding the group's membership to include representatives from various stakeholder organizations, including parents, youth who have received behavioral health services, and a representative from the statewide family youth system partner roundtable; 2) requiring the group to monitor implementation of legislation and policies related to children's behavioral health, identify barriers and opportunities, and develop strategies to improve access to services; and 3) directing the group to convene an advisory group focused on school-based behavioral health and suicide prevention.