Indiana Senate Bill 246 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on March 18 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-18 - Public Law 69
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Mental health services. Requires a school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school to certify to the department of homeland security that the school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school has a memorandum of understanding in place with a community mental health center or provider certified or licensed by the state to provide mental and behavioral health services to students before applying for a grant from the Indiana secured school fund. Provides that the community mental health center or provider may be employed by the school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school. Requires a school corporation and a charter school to enter into a memorandum of understanding with a community mental health center or provider certified or licensed by the state to provide mental and behavioral health services to students. Requires the division of mental health and addiction to develop a memorandum of understanding for referral and assist school corporations and charter schools in obtaining a memorandum of understanding with a community mental health center or an appropriate provider. Requires each school corporation and charter school that enters into a memorandum of understanding with a community mental health center or appropriate provider to comply with certain confidentiality and referral requirements.

Mental health services.

Sen. Michael Crider [R]	Sen. James Merritt [R]	Sen. Vaneta Becker [R]	Sen. Frank Mrvan [D]
Sen. James Buck [R]	Sen. Jeff Raatz [R]	Sen. Linda Rogers [R]	Sen. J.D. Ford [D]
Sen. Eddie Melton [D]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]	Sen. Mark Stoops [D]	Sen. Ronald Grooms [R]
Rep. Anthony Cook [R]	Rep. Donna Schaibley [R]	Rep. Robin Shackleford [D]	Rep. Ryan Hatfield [D]

2020-03-10 - Senate - Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-10 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 83 N: 2 NV: 1 Abs: 14) [PASS]
2020-02-18 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 96 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2020-02-17 - House - House - Amendment #1 (Austin) prevailed (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2020-02-12 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 11 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2020-01-21 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 50 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-14 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-18	Senate	Public Law 69
2020-03-18	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2020-03-18	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2020-03-16	House	Signed by the Speaker
2020-03-12	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2020-03-10	House	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 350: yeas 83, nays 2
2020-03-10	Senate	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 358: yeas 48, nays 0
2020-03-10	House	CCR # 1 filed in the House
2020-03-10	Senate	CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
2020-03-04	House	House advisors appointed: Schaibley, Sherman, Hatfield and Shackleford
2020-03-04	House	House conferees appointed: Cook and Austin
2020-03-03	Senate	Senate advisors appointed: Merritt, Randolph Lonnie M, Becker and Ford J.D.
2020-03-03	Senate	Senate conferees appointed: Crider and Mrvan
2020-03-03	Senate	Senate dissented from House amendments
2020-03-03	Senate	Motion to dissent filed
2020-02-24	Senate	Senator Grooms added as coauthor
2020-02-19	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2020-02-18	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 188: yeas 95, nays 2
2020-02-17	House	Representative Hatfield added as cosponsor
2020-02-17	House	Amendment #1 (Austin) prevailed; Roll Call 179: yeas 95, nays 0
2020-02-17	House	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2020-02-13	House	Representative Shackleford added as cosponsor
2020-02-13	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2020-02-11	House	Representative Schaibley added as cosponsor
2020-02-10	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
2020-01-22	Senate	Referred to the House
2020-01-21	Senate	Senator Stoops added as coauthor
2020-01-21	Senate	Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2020-01-21	Senate	Senator Melton added as coauthor
2020-01-21	Senate	Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor
2020-01-21	Senate	Senator Rogers added as coauthor
2020-01-21	Senate	Senator Raatz added as coauthor
2020-01-21	Senate	Senator Buck added as coauthor
2020-01-21	Senate	Senator Mrvan added as coauthor
2020-01-21	Senate	Senator Merritt added as second author
2020-01-21	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Cook
2020-01-21	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 32: yeas 50, nays 0
2020-01-16	Senate	Senator Becker added as coauthor
2020-01-16	Senate	Amendment #1 (Crider) prevailed; voice vote
2020-01-16	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2020-01-14	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2020-01-09	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation
2020-01-09	Senate	Authored by Senator Crider

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/246/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/3/f/9/43f97062/SB0246.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/f/2/f/3f2f7388/SB0246.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/7/0/f/770f2d27/SB0246.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/3/b/1/33b14254/SB0246.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/7/f/2/c7f2e790/SB0246.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/3/3/2/c3324d0e/SB0246.04.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/5/5/e/155eaacb/SB0246.04.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/4/e/7/f4e780c7/SB0246.05.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/3/5/9/b3593349/SB0246.05.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/9/4/4/494469e6/SB0246.06.ENRH.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/d/8/7/4d87bd42/SB0246.01.INTR.03.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/0/b/7/e0b74dd4/SB0246.32_S.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/3/e/0/f3e07334/SB0246.03.ENGS.01.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/f/8/4/5f84329b/SB0246.179_H.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/e/4/7/ce47d807/SB0246.188_H.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/5/7/7/f5770e8d/SB0246.350_H.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/3/3/b/133bfafb/SB0246.358_S.pdf