Assembly Bill 886 aims to enhance children's access to mental health treatments by establishing a grant program administered by the Department of Health Services. The bill authorizes the department to award grants of up to $50,000 to cities, villages, towns, counties, and nonprofit organizations for research-based mental health treatments that do not involve medication or talk therapy. To support this initiative, the bill appropriates $2,000,000 for the grant program, which will be available for a period of two years following the bill's effective date.

The bill creates a new section in the statutes, specifically 20.435 (5) (eh), which outlines the framework for the children's mental health treatment grants pilot program. This section establishes the grant application process and specifies that the Department of Health Services is responsible for awarding the grants. The program is designed to provide financial support to increase access to alternative mental health treatments for children, thereby addressing a critical need in the community.