California Mulls Guidelines for School Telemental Health Programs

California Mulls Guidelines for School Telemental Health Programs

Posted on September 4, 2018

California lawmakers have passed a bill to create guidelines for school telehealth programs that focus on telemental health. In Minnesota and Maryland, state agencies are launching pilot programs to bring telehealth into schools. In Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott is continuing to lobby for a 40-point plan that includes expansion of the Telemedicine Wellness Intervention Triage and Referral (TWITR) Project, developed at Texas Tech University for the state’s schools.