Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB385: Establishing the school mental health promotion pilot program
Status: Failed, May 20, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act establishing the school mental health promotion pilot program; providing that the office of public instruction administer the program; establishing program parameters; providing a definition; establishing reporting requirements; providing an appropriation; and providing an effective date and a termination date.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION PILOT PROGRAM; PROVIDING THAT THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM; ESTABLISHING PROGRAM PARAMETERS; PROVIDING A DEFINITION; ESTABLISHING REPORTING REQUIREMENTS; PROVIDING AN APPROPRIATION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND A TERMINATION DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: NEW SECTION. Section 1. School mental health promotion pilot program. (1) There is a school mental health promotion pilot program administered by the office of public instruction. The purpose of the program is to encourage and support schools in implementing innovative, student-led, and locally determined mental health promotion initiatives. (2) The office of public instruction shall solicit applications from school districts seeking to participate in the program and award grants to applicants displaying: (a) a specific need to address mental health concerns among students of one or more schools of the district; (b) that the application was developed and supported (ii) parents; (iii) certified and classified staff, administrators, and trustees of the school district; and (iv) community members and organizations; - 1 - Authorized Print Version - HB - 2025 69th Legislature 2025 HB0385.2 (c) an identification of and commitment to implement specific mental health promotion activities; (d) plans to develop a program management team, including representatives from the groups listed under …
Sponsors
- Romano, Melissa (D, 80) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (H) Died in Process
- : (H) Missed Deadline for Appropriation Bill Transmittal
- : (H) Tabled in Committee
- : (H) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- : (H) Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- : (H) Revised Fiscal Note Received
- : (H) Hearing
- : (H) Rereferred to Committee
- : (H) 2nd Reading
- : (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading
Votes
- Do Pass (February 24, 2025): 62 yea, 36 nay, passed
Subjects: Mental Illness or Incapacity, Appropriations, Education - K-12
Common questions
- What is HB385?
- HB385 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Establishing the school mental health promotion pilot program.
- What does HB385 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act establishing the school mental health promotion pilot program; providing that the office of public instruction administer the program; establishing program parameters; providing a definition; establishing reporting requirements; providing an appropriation; and providing an effective date and a termination date.".
- What is the status of HB385?
- Failed as of May 20, 2025. Latest action: (H) Died in Process (May 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB385?
- Romano, Melissa (D, 80).
- Where is the official record for HB385?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1780
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