Bill > S1764

Introduced Session

This bill requires the Department of Children and Families to publish and disseminate information on early childhood mental health to certain professionals. Specifically, the Department of Children and Families, in collaboration with the Department of Human Services and the Department of Education, is to publish information on early childhood mental health on its Internet website and disseminate the information to social workers, teachers, and child care workers, whose work consists primarily of providing services to children who are five years of age or younger. The bill provides that the information is to include, but not be limited to: (1) discussing the importance for early childhood mental health awareness; (2) appropriately relaying mental health concerns to a parent or guardian; and (3) referring a parent or guardian to State or community resources to assess a child's mental health needs. Under the bill, the Department of Children and Families may provide in-service training of social workers, teachers, and child care workers on the information published and disseminate pursuant to the bill's provisions.

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Paul Moriarty (D)*, 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee (on 01/09/2024)

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