Assembly Bill A3210A

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

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

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A3210 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5860
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A5167
2013-2014: A5870, S6864
2015-2016: A6187, S3561

2017-A3210 - Summary

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

2017-A3210 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3210
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ORTIZ,  ABINANTI,  WEPRIN, JENNE, LUPINACCI,
   JAFFEE, SKOUFIS, STIRPE, O'DONNELL, SEPULVEDA, GALEF, BLAKE,  McDONALD
   -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY -- 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.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08209-01-7

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2017-A3210A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5860
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A5167
2013-2014: A5870, S6864
2015-2016: A6187, S3561

2017-A3210A (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2017-A3210A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3210--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ, ABINANTI, WEPRIN, JENNE, JAFFEE, SKOUFIS,
   STIRPE, O'DONNELL, GALEF, BLAKE, McDONALD -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.
   of  A.    BARCLAY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Mental
   Health -- recommitted to the Committee on Mental Health in  accordance
   with  Assembly  Rule  3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 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 any New York state university or community college,  or  a  city
 university,   regarding   suicide   prevention  measures  and  signs  of
 depression  among  students  attending  such  university  or   community
 college, or a city university. 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 student is  identified  as  at  risk  of
 suicide,  and  a  list  of  educational  websites  regarding suicide and
 students attending a university or college.  Such educational  materials
 shall  be  made available to the faculty and staff or any New York state
 university or community college, or a city university, through the offi-
 cial 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.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08209-02-8

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