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An Act To Increase Youth Mental Health Awareness in Schools
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  20-A MRSA §4502, sub-§5-D  is enacted to read:
 
5-D.  Youth mental health awareness and training.     Beginning in the 2019-2020 school year, at least 2 school personnel in each school within a school administrative unit and in each island, charter and public school that is not in a school administrative unit must be certified in youth mental health first aid.
 
A.  Additional trained school personnel above the minimum of 2 must receive the training if the number of students in the school administrative unit is above 1,000 as follows:
 
(1) For 1,001 to 1,500 students, one additional school employee;
 
(2) For 1,501 to 2,000 students, 2 additional school personnel;
 
(3) For 2,001 to 2,500 students, 3 additional school personnel;
 
(4) For 2,501 to 3,000 students, 4 additional school personnel;
 
(5) For 3,001 to 3,500 students, 5 additional school personnel;
 
(6) For 3,501 to 4,000 students, 6 additional school personnel;
 
(7) For 4,001 to 4,500 students, 7 additional school personnel;
 
(8) For 4,501 to 5,000 students, 8 additional school personnel;
 
(9) For 5,001 to 5,500 students, 9 additional school personnel;
 
(10) For 5,501 to 6,000 students, 10 additional school personnel;
 
(11) For 6,001 to 6,500 students, 11 additional school personnel;
 
(12) For 6,501 to 7,000 students, 12 additional school personnel;
 
(13) For 7,001 to 7,500 students, 13 additional school personnel; and
 
(14) For 7,501 or more students, 14 additional school personnel.
 
B.  Training received pursuant to this subsection must count toward satisfaction of professional development requirements for the department and credentialing requirements for teachers and other professional personnel under chapters 501 and 502.
 
The department shall adopt rules to implement this subsection. The rules must include, but are not limited to, implementation standards. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.
Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Mental Health Services - Children 0136
 
Initiative: Provides funds for the provision of youth mental health first aid training.

GENERAL FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
All Other	$0	$100,000	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$100,000	

SUMMARY
This bill requires that, beginning in the 2019-2020 school year, at least 2 personnel in each school within a school administrative unit and in each island, charter and public school that is not in a school administrative unit must be certified in youth mental health first aid.