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As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply:(a) “CSU” means the California State University.
(b) “Mental health counselor” means a person who provides individual counseling, group counseling, crisis intervention, emergency services, referrals, or outreach and consultation interventions to the campus community, or any combination of these, and who is licensed in the State of California by the applicable licensing entity.
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(a) (1) The trustees shall have one full-time equivalent mental health counselor per 1,500 students enrolled at each CSU campus to the fullest extent consistent with state and federal law.(2) Where possible, mental health counselors hired pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be full-time staff and should reflect the diversity of the student body.
(b) The number of mental health counselors as computed pursuant to subdivision (a) shall constitute the minimum number of mental health counselors to be hired on a campus based on the campus student population. Additional mental health counselors may
be hired in accordance with additional needs identified on a
campus.
(c) (1) On or before January 1, 2025, and every three years thereafter, the trustees shall report to the Legislature, pursuant to Section 9795 of the Government Code, on how funding was spent, the number of mental health counselors employed on each CSU campus, and student wait times for mental health counseling appointments.
(2) (A) On or before November 1, 2024, and every three years thereafter, each CSU campus shall conduct a campus survey and focus groups, including groups with students of color and LGBTQ+ students, to understand student needs and challenges about their mental health and emotional well-being, sense of belonging on campus, and academic success.
(B) The campus surveys and data collection pursuant to this paragraph shall be conducted in accordance with state and federal privacy law, including, but not limited to, the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (Part 2.6 (commencing with Section 56) of Division 1 of the Civil Code), the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g), and the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-191).
(C) The data collected, without any personally identifiable information, pursuant to this paragraph shall be included in the reports to the Legislature pursuant to paragraph (1).
(3) Each CSU campus shall collect data on attempted suicides through self-reporting, mental health counselor records, and known hospitalizations.
This data, without any personally identifiable information, shall be included in the reports to the Legislature pursuant to paragraph (1).
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(a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the CSU Mental Health Professionals Act. The goal of this section is to provide incentives for CSU students to become mental health counselors in the state.(b) The trustees shall create a pipeline for interested CSU students to become mental health counselors in the state.
(c) Funds appropriated to the CSU for purposes of this section may be used to provide paid internships for CSU students who need to complete supervised professional experience in order to be mental health counselors licensed by the Board of Psychology or the Board of
Behavioral Sciences.
(d) Funds appropriated to the CSU for purposes of this section may be used to support recruitment efforts for students to enroll in graduate degree programs that lead to licensure by the Board of Psychology or the Board of Behavioral Sciences to practice mental health counseling in the state.
(e) This section shall become operational only upon appropriation of one-time funds by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or another statute for its purposes.