Senate Bill S7138

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Enacts the student suicide prevention act

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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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2019-S7138 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 2-A §§20 - 24, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S82
2023-2024: S1537

2019-S7138 - Summary

Enacts the student suicide prevention act, requiring local educational agencies to produce policies, procedures, and guidelines which direct teachers and other school employees on how to respond to students who have demonstrated suicidal thoughts or intentions.

2019-S7138 - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7138 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7138
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 8, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to enacting  the  student
   suicide prevention act
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "student suicide prevention act".
   §  2. The education law is amended by adding a new article 2-A to read
 as follows:
                                 ARTICLE 2-A
                        STUDENT SUICIDE PREVENTION
 SECTION 20. LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
         21. DEFINITIONS.
         22. POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND GUIDELINES.
         23. APPLICATION.
         24. SEVERABILITY AND CONSTRUCTION.
   § 20. LEGISLATIVE INTENT.  THE  LEGISLATURE  FINDS  AND  DECLARES  THE
 FOLLOWING:  1.    ACCORDING TO DATA FROM THE FEDERAL CENTERS FOR DISEASE
 CONTROL AND PREVENTION AS REPORTED IN THE  YEAR  TWO  THOUSAND  SIXTEEN,
 SUICIDE  IS THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS
 TEN TO TWENTY-FOUR YEARS OF AGE, INCLUSIVE, IN BOTH  THE  UNITED  STATES
 AND IN NEW YORK STATE.
   2.  AS  CHILDREN  AND  TEENS SPEND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THEIR YOUNG
 LIVES IN SCHOOL, THE PERSONNEL WHO INTERACT WITH THEM ON A  DAILY  BASIS
 ARE  ESSENTIAL  GATEKEEPERS FOR RECOGNIZING WARNING SIGNS OF SUICIDE AND
 MAKING THE APPROPRIATE REFERRALS FOR HELP.
   3. IN A NATIONAL SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE JASON FOUNDATION,  A  TEACHER
 WAS  IDENTIFIED AS THE NUMBER ONE PERSON TO WHOM A STUDENT WOULD TURN TO
 HELP A FRIEND WHO MIGHT BE SUICIDAL. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WHEN A  YOUNG
 PERSON  COMES  TO  A  TEACHER  FOR HELP, SUCH TEACHER HAS THE KNOWLEDGE,
 TOOLS, AND RESOURCES TO RESPOND CORRECTLY.
   4. IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN, THE FEDERAL CENTERS FOR  DISEASE
 CONTROL  AND  PREVENTION  FOUND  IN  ITS YOUTH RISK BEHAVIOR SURVEY THAT
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

2019-S7138A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 2-A §§20 - 24, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S82
2023-2024: S1537

2019-S7138A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the student suicide prevention act, requiring local educational agencies to produce policies, procedures, and guidelines which direct teachers and other school employees on how to respond to students who have demonstrated suicidal thoughts or intentions.

2019-S7138A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7138A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7138--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 8, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Education  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the student
   suicide prevention act

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "student suicide prevention act".
   § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new article 2-A to  read
 as follows:
                                 ARTICLE 2-A
                        STUDENT SUICIDE PREVENTION
 SECTION 20. LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
         21. DEFINITIONS.
         22. POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND GUIDELINES.
         23. APPLICATION.
         24. SEVERABILITY AND CONSTRUCTION.
   §  20.  LEGISLATIVE  INTENT.  THE  LEGISLATURE  FINDS AND DECLARES THE
 FOLLOWING: 1.  ACCORDING TO DATA FROM THE FEDERAL  CENTERS  FOR  DISEASE
 CONTROL  AND  PREVENTION  AS  REPORTED IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN,
 SUICIDE IS THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR YOUTH AND YOUNG  ADULTS
 TEN  TO  TWENTY-FOUR  YEARS OF AGE, INCLUSIVE, IN BOTH THE UNITED STATES
 AND IN NEW YORK STATE.
   2. AS CHILDREN AND TEENS SPEND A SIGNIFICANT  AMOUNT  OF  THEIR  YOUNG
 LIVES  IN  SCHOOL, THE PERSONNEL WHO INTERACT WITH THEM ON A DAILY BASIS
 ARE ESSENTIAL GATEKEEPERS FOR RECOGNIZING WARNING SIGNS OF  SUICIDE  AND
 MAKING THE APPROPRIATE REFERRALS FOR HELP.
   3.  IN  A NATIONAL SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE JASON FOUNDATION, A TEACHER
 WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE NUMBER ONE PERSON TO WHOM A STUDENT WOULD TURN  TO
 HELP  A FRIEND WHO MIGHT BE SUICIDAL. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WHEN A YOUNG
 PERSON COMES TO A TEACHER FOR HELP,  SUCH  TEACHER  HAS  THE  KNOWLEDGE,
 TOOLS, AND RESOURCES TO RESPOND CORRECTLY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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