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Assembly Bill A5870

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires the office of mental health to develop educational materials for educators regarding suicide prevention

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2013-A5870 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6864
Current Committee:
Assembly Mental Health
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A5167
2015-2016: A6187, S3561
2017-2018: A3210, S5860

2013-A5870 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the office of mental health to develop educational materials for educators regarding suicide prevention.

2013-A5870 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5870

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 7, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Mental Health

AN ACT to require the office of mental  health  to  develop  educational
  materials for educators regarding suicide prevention

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The commissioner of the office of mental health, in consul-
tation with the commissioner  of  the  department  of  education,  shall
provide  and publish, in electronic or other format, educational materi-
als for educators regarding suicide prevention  measures  and  signs  of
depression  among  youth.  Such educational materials shall include, but
not be limited to, information regarding  symptoms  of  depression,  how
depression  manifests  itself  in  different  cultures, warning signs of
suicide, actions to take once a  youth  is  identified  as  at  risk  of
suicide, and a list of educational websites regarding suicide and youth.
Such  educational materials shall be made available to educators through
the official website of the office of mental health  and  by  any  other
means  deemed  appropriate  by  the commissioner of the office of mental
health within ninety days of the effective date of this act.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09611-01-3

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