Kids’ mental health getting a boost in Connecticut

Bill focuses on access, play issues
Connecticut’s recently passed Senate Bill 2 focuses on providing more access to mental health services for children, additional protections for public libraries particularly regarding book bans, and requiring schools to have more play-based curriculum for preschool and kindergarten with an allowance for it during instructional class time for grades one to five.
The bill also creates the Office of Behavioral Health Advocate for state residents to better access mental healthcare. Governor Ned Lamont signed the bill into law in June and it will go into effect this October.
Introduced by the Committee on Children, the bill’s intent is to improve access to mental, physical, and emotional health services direct...