This bill amends provisions regarding health instruction and physical and mental health procedures in the public education system. This bill: - defines terms; - requires any health care provider to obtain written parental consent before providing or facilitating telehealth or another health care service to a student within a public school; - establishes requirements for in-school mental health therapy, including:identifying who may and may not provide in-school mental health therapy; andrequiring parental consent and certain parental notification; - ensures that a local or state rule or policy does not create an exemption for otherwise prohibited endorsement, promotion, or disparagement of a certain religious belief or viewpoint; - modifies required health instruction, including:establishing statutory purposes for the curriculum the state board establishes;adding situational awareness and the "success sequence";reorganizing duties and prohibitions regarding instruction, discussion, and advocacy of certain concepts; - amends the effect of prior written parental consent and the allowable subjects in sex education instruction; and - makes technical and conforming changes.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 53B-17-105, 53G-10-202, 53G-10-402, 53G-10-403
Amended 2/3/2025 11:02:420: 53G-10-202, 53G-10-402, 53G-10-403
Substitute #1: 53G-10-202, 53G-10-402, 53G-10-403
Amended 2/11/2025 15:02:895: 53G-10-202, 53G-10-402, 53G-10-403
Substitute #2: 53G-10-202, 53G-10-402, 53G-10-403