SCHOLARSHIP-MENTAL HEALTH GRAD

Creates the Mental Health Graduate Education Scholarship Act. Establishes the Mental Health Graduate Scholarship Program, to be administered by the Department of Human Services. Requires the Department to provide scholarships to qualified individuals who are enrolled in or accepted into a mental health graduate program at a public or private college or university in this State and who agree to being employed in this State as a licensed professional counselor, licensed clinical professional counselor, licensed clinical psychologist, licensed social worker, or licensed clinical social worker in direct patient care in a human services capacity in a designated shortage area for at least one year for each year of scholarship assistance received. Sets forth provisions concerning the functions of the Department, the award and amount of a scholarship, requirements for scholarship recipients, a Mental Health Consortium Advisory Council, student enrollment and the obligations of institutions, and program funding. Effective immediately.