West Virginia legislation · 2025 Regular Session
West Virginia HB3507: Relating to requiring the counties particpating in the QMHP Pilot Program to have at least one qualified mental health professional in each public school in that county.
Status: Introduced, March 26, 2025
What the bill says
To amend and reenact §18-5-18b of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to requiring the counties participating in the QMHP Pilot Program to have at least one qualified mental health professional ("QMHP") in each public school in that county; defining a QMHP; establishing the pilot program; and classifying school counselors as QMHPs. ARTICLE 5. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. §18-5-18b. School counselors in public schools. (a) A school counselor means a professional educator who holds a valid school counselor's certificate in accordance with §18A-1-1 of this code. (b) Each co.
From the introduced text, March 24, 2025:
A BILL to amend and reenact §18-5-18b of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to requiring the counties participating in the QMHP Pilot Program to have at least one qualified mental health professional ("QMHP") in each public school in that county; defining a QMHP; establishing the pilot program; and classifying school counselors as QMHPs. ARTICLE 5. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. §18-5-18b. School counselors in public schools. (a) A school counselor means a professional educator who holds a valid school counselor's certificate in accordance with §18A-1-1 of this code. (b) Each county board shall provide counseling services for each pupil enrolled in the public schools of the county. (c) The school counselor shall work with individual pupils and groups of pupils in providing developmental, preventive and remedial guidance and counseling programs to meet academic, social, emotional, and physical needs; including programs to identify and address the problem of potential school dropouts. The school counselor also may provide consultant services for parents, teachers, and administrators and may use outside referral services, when appropriate, if no additional cost is incurred by the county board. (d) The state board may adopt rules consistent with the provisions of this section that define the role of a school counselor based on the "National Standards for School Counseling Programs" of the American School Counselor …