Bill > HB4227

This bill requires each intermediate school district (ISD) to employ at least one emergency and safety manager and one mental health coordinator. The emergency and safety manager would serve as a critical liaison between various state agencies, emergency management offices, and local schools, with responsibilities including implementing school safety prevention programs, communicating with parents and community members, performing risk assessments, coordinating with law enforcement, and compiling school safety performance data. The mental health coordinator would have a broad range of duties focused on enhancing mental health services for students, including coordinating state funding for mental health supports, facilitating behavioral health assessment teams, developing comprehensive school-community mental health systems, creating resource maps, supporting the behavioral health care platform (BH-Works), recruiting and developing behavioral health providers, providing professional training, monitoring Medicaid billing, and connecting schools with health centers and social service agencies to identify and support students at risk for behavioral health issues. The bill aims to improve school safety and student mental health support by mandating these specialized roles at the intermediate school district level, with specific detailed responsibilities for each position to ensure comprehensive coverage and support for students across public and non-public schools within the district's geographic boundaries.

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https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2025-HB-4227