Student health: athletic coaches and trainers: mental health training.

The requirement now applies to a person who serves as a coach OR trainer in an athletic program, not just a coach. This expands the population of individuals who must complete mental health training.

The term 'coach' is now explicitly defined to include an assistant coach, removing any ambiguity about whether assistant coaches are covered.

New language authorizes the student mental health training to be provided by an entity that offers free, online, or other types of training courses. This gives institutions flexibility in how they source and deliver the required training.

The subsection structure was reorganized: the suicide prevention minimum requirement and mental health first aid language were consolidated into the same paragraph as the training completion requirement (now subdivision (b) instead of being split across subdivisions).

The document was reformatted from a printed legislative layout (with line numbers, page headers, and column formatting) into a web page structure that includes site navigation (home, FAQ, sitemap, login), a quick search box, bill version history links, and share/track features. The actual statutory language is unchanged.

The Surgeon General is no longer responsible for establishing minimum standards for mental health training programs or approving specific trainings. This role has been entirely removed from the bill.

Responsibility for identifying and compiling the list of mental health training programs shifted from the Surgeon General (along with CSU, CCC, and private institutions) to the California State University, the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, and each private postsecondary educational institution and independent institution of higher education that receives state financial assistance.

The deadline for identifying and compiling the list of mental health training programs was extended from July 1, 2027 to July 1, 2028.

Coaches must now complete a training that has been 'identified pursuant to subdivision (b)' rather than one that has been 'approved by the Surgeon General,' reflecting the removal of the approval mechanism.

All K-12 provisions were removed. The bill no longer requires school districts, county offices of education, or charter schools to mandate mental health training for their athletic coaches. Sections 35179.9 and Article 12 (Sections 290-290.1) were deleted entirely.

Responsibility for identifying and compiling the list of approved training programs was expanded beyond the Surgeon General to include the California State University, the California Community Colleges, and each private postsecondary educational institution and independent institution of higher education that receives state financial assistance. The University of California remains only 'requested' rather than required.

The unit of compliance was made more granular: instead of 'each community college district,' the requirement now applies to 'each community college of a community college district.' Similarly, for CSU it is now 'each campus' rather than the system as a whole.

The deadline for the Surgeon General and others to identify and compile a list of approved mental health training programs was extended from July 1, 2027 to July 1, 2028.

A new recurring requirement was added: coaches must complete an approved mental health training on or before July 1, 2028, and every two years thereafter.

Trainings must now cover suicide prevention education at a minimum. Mental health first aid education may also be covered if suicide prevention education is included.

The language changed from requiring training for 'a person hired to an athletic coach position who serves as a coach' to simply 'a person who serves as a coach in an athletic program,' removing the hiring requirement and potentially broadening coverage to volunteers or other non-hired coaches.

Two new coauthors were added: Assembly Members Alanis and Harabedian.

The postsecondary mental health training requirement now applies only to a person 'who serves as a coach in an athletic program,' narrowing it from all persons hired to an athletic coach position to those actually serving in that capacity.

The requirement is explicitly stated to apply 'as a condition of the person's employment or volunteer service,' making clear that volunteer coaches at postsecondary institutions are also covered, not just paid employees.

The postsecondary provision was relocated from Section 66024.7 to a new Section 67387 in the Education Code, and a separate subsection (b) within that section directs the Surgeon General to compile a list of training programs specifically for postsecondary institutions.