OLR Report 2014-R-0163 answers the question: What legislation was enacted this year and last year concerning behavioral health and school safety?
The legislature passed several bills during the 2013 and 2014 sessions affecting behavioral health and school safety. Below we briefly summarize relevant provisions of several such acts. Please note that budgetary or bonding provisions are not included. Also, for behavioral health, there were many acts that at least indirectly affect behavioral health issues. The report is not exhaustive, and focuses on provisions most affecting access to services.
The discussion of behavioral health is divided into two sections, one on child- or school-specific provisions and the other on more general provisions. The discussion of school safety is divided into sections on K-12 and higher education. Within each section, the topics are arranged alphabetically.
Complete summaries of 2013 Public Acts are available on OLR’s webpage. Complete summaries of 2014 acts are or will soon be available.
For more information, read the full report.
