School boards; school-based telehealth and mental health teletherapy services, accessibility.
It became law on Mar 24, 2025.
- Stage
- Became law
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- Senate
- Latest action
- Mar 24, 2025
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Introduced (Done)
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What it does
School boards; student access to telehealth services; policies. Directs each school board to consider, for the purpose of increasing access to health care services for students, developing and implementing policies for permitting any public school student in the school division to schedule and participate in telehealth services, including mental health teletherapy services pursuant to a memorandum of understanding with a nationally recognized school-based telehealth provider developed in accordance with applicable law, on school property during regular school hours with parental consent. The bill requires any such policies developed and implemented by a school board to (i) require each…
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Law in Virginia. Agencies now write the rules that carry it out, and courts can stay or strike it.
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