Pupil health: mental and behavioral health services: telehealth technology: guidelines.

Existing law requires the governing board of any school district to give diligent care to the health and physical development of pupils and authorizes the governing board of a school district to employ properly certified persons for the work. This bill would require the State Department of Education, in consultation with the State Department of Health Care Services and appropriate stakeholders, to, on or before July 1, 2020, develop guidelines, as provided, for the use of telehealth technology in public schools, including charter schools, to provide mental health and behavioral health services to pupils on school campuses. The bill would require the State Department of Education to post the guidelines on its Internet Web site on or before July 1, 2020. The bill would provide that it shall only be implemented if sufficient funds are made available to the State Department of Education pursuant to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act or another statute for that purpose.