The House Education Committee on April 23 advanced a substitute for HB10-22 clarifying who may make medical decisions when school-based health services are available. Sponsors said the measure protects parental authority while ensuring licensed health professionals make assessments; members pressed authors on consent timing, age of majority and how clinics coordinate with parents and community providers.

Hawes Health Center told the Hampshire County Board of Education it now has six therapists working in county schools and reported survey results showing 95% of respondents said students benefit from school‑based behavioral health services; the group urged space and credentialing steps to expand to South Branch.

The Health Committee accepted a Minnesota Department of Health amendment to increase a receivable to Northpointe Health and Wellness by $526,240, bringing the receivable to just over $1.8 million to support FQHC services and school‑based clinic expansion.

Project staff proposed a teen health center at Medford High School with an estimated capital cost of about $2.4 million and an operational gap of $100,000–$200,000 annually; the School Committee voted 5–0–1 (1 absent, 1 abstain) to continue pursuing the idea.

Presenters summarized progress on SHINE (a $2.5M CMS cooperative agreement to expand school‑based Medicaid services), reported provider and participant counts for the child waiver and 1915 iRISE initiative, and highlighted Healthy Kentucky Home prevention messages.

The Temple ISD board approved a memorandum of understanding with a behavioral-health provider to offer school-based and community-based mental-health services, with parental consent and no direct cost to the district, the board was told.

Roaring Fork School District and the Aspen Hope Center outlined how tobacco-tax funds support school-based mental health providers; superintendent and the board signaled informal support for a $120,000 allocation while asking staff to return with budget details and distribution options for other nonprofits.

District officials reported 3,900 hours of school‑based interventions this year, 547 referrals, 1,088 community referrals last year, and new teletherapy funded by a Jesse Parker Foundation grant via Daybreak Therapy; they also flagged 13 psychologist vacancies.

Facing a projected $4 million shortfall this fiscal year and a structural funding change under Californias new Behavioral Health Services Act, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors approved a staff-recommended plan to reduce county and contracted behavioral-health spending for 202526 while preserving a runway for school- and community-based mental

The regional behavioral health authority described nearly $26 million in grant funding overseen for Eastern Shore services, highlighted growth of school‑based behavioral health (about 1,025 students served in Queen Anne's County), mobile crisis activity and assisted‑outpatient treatment pilot planning; the county signed the FY27 letter of agreement.

UMMC partners with Baltimore City Schools to enhance child health services and equity.

Whole Health Department accepts state funding to enhance mental health services in schools.