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Int 0986-2024
| * | Rita C. Joseph | | | Pilot program to involve mental health professional candidates in student wellness clubs in public middle and high schools. | Introduction | This bill would require an agency or agencies designated by the Mayor to develop a two-year pilot program to involve mental health professional candidates in student wellness clubs in public middle and high schools. The agency or agencies would have to make best efforts to recruit mental health professional candidates for voluntary participation in such program and to develop partnerships with universities to recruit such candidates for voluntary participation. These professional candidates would facilitate student discussions and workshops on various mental health topics. The bill would require the agency or agencies to make best efforts to coordinate with the Chancellor of New York City Public Schools to establish this program within the clubs. Additionally, the bill would require the agency or agencies, in coordination with the Chancellor, to submit to the Mayor and Speaker of the Council and post online a report on the program. | | |
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Int 0989-2024
| * | Linda Lee | | | Student wellness club toolkits. | Introduction | This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to create student wellness club toolkits to help guide middle and high school students on how to create peer-led student wellness clubs. Such toolkits would include informational materials on youth mental health, best practices for facilitating group discussions on mental health, guidance for mental health promoting activities, as well as a link to the Department of Education (DOE) website describing the process for starting a student club. The bill would also require DOE to post on its website guidance on how to start a student club at school and make the student wellness club toolkits created by DOHMH available to all middle and high school students. Finally, the bill would require DOE to issue an annual report including information regarding the dissemination of such toolkits and relevant information regarding all student wellness clubs in the city. | | |
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Int 0996-2024
| * | Althea V. Stevens | | | Peer-based mental health literacy trainings for students. | Introduction | This bill would require the Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene to offer to public middle and high school students a peer-based mental health literacy training. The training would include instruction on identifying common signs and symptoms of mental health and substance use challenges, interacting with peers experiencing mental health distress, and locating and accessing mental health resources. Additionally, the bill would require the Commissioner, in coordination with the Chancellor of New York City Public Schools, to submit a report on this training to the Mayor and Speaker of the Council and post this report online. Finally, the Department of Education would have to distribute informational materials concerning the availability of this training to public middle and high schools each academic year for distribution to students. | | |
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