BILL NUMBER: AB 1576	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Eggman

                        JANUARY 4, 2016

   An act relating to pupil health.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1576, as introduced, Eggman. Pupil health: school-based mental
health services.
   Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and
secondary schools in this state, and provides for the establishment
of school districts and other local educational agencies to operate
these schools and provide instruction to pupils.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
future legislation that would utilize school-based mental health
services to address the mental health needs of children in the state.

   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares both of the
following:
   (1) California supplies only one social worker for every 12,000
pupils.
   (2) Seventy percent of children in California with mental health
needs receive no treatment.
   (b) It is therefore the intent of the Legislature to enact future
legislation that would utilize school-based mental health services to
address this need.