Texas lawmakers are considering a $280 million funding proposal to the Texas Child Mental Health Consortium — more than double the investment over the last two fiscal years.
The Consortium, a partnership of 12 medical schools that pool resources and expertise to provide mental health care for K-12 students, is seen as the strongest set of solutions to tackle the uptick in child mental health problems.
The legislature passed a bill creating the Consortium in 2019 after the school shooting at Santa Fe High School. Now, in the wake of the shooting in Uvalde, lawmakers want to invest more money to expand access.