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Assembly Bill A1613

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires student suicide prevention training and policies in public school districts

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2023-A1613 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3209-b, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A9252

2023-A1613 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the commissioner of education to adopt rules to require that all public school personnel receive at least two hours of suicide awareness and prevention training each year and each public school district to adopt a policy on student suicide prevention.

2023-A1613 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1613
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN ACT amend the education law, in relation to requiring student suicide
   prevention training and policies in public school districts
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3209-b
 to read as follows:
   § 3209-B. STUDENT SUICIDE PREVENTION. 1.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ADOPT
 RULES TO REQUIRE THAT ALL PUBLIC SCHOOL PERSONNEL RECEIVE AT  LEAST  TWO
 HOURS  OF  SUICIDE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION TRAINING EACH YEAR BEGINNING
 IN THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE  SCHOOL  YEAR.
 SUCH TRAINING SHALL BE PROVIDED WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF EXISTING IN-SER-
 VICE  TRAINING PROGRAMS OFFERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OR AS PART OF REQUIRED
 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.
   2. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL, IN CONSULTATION WITH  THE  OFFICE  OF  MENTAL
 HEALTH  AND  THE  COUNCIL  ON  CHILDREN  AND FAMILIES, DEVELOP A LIST OF
 APPROVED TRAINING MATERIALS TO FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION.
 APPROVED MATERIALS SHALL INCLUDE TRAINING ON HOW TO IDENTIFY APPROPRIATE
 MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES BOTH WITHIN THE SCHOOL AND ALSO WITHIN THE LARGER
 COMMUNITY, AND WHEN AND HOW TO REFER YOUTH AND THEIR  FAMILIES  TO  SUCH
 SERVICES.  APPROVED MATERIALS MAY ADDITIONALLY INCLUDE PROGRAMS THAT CAN
 BE COMPLETED THROUGH SELF-REVIEW OF SUITABLE SUICIDE PREVENTION  MATERI-
 ALS.
   3.  A.  EACH  PUBLIC  SCHOOL  DISTRICT SHALL ADOPT A POLICY ON STUDENT
 SUICIDE PREVENTION. SUCH POLICIES SHALL  BE  DEVELOPED  IN  CONSULTATION
 WITH  SCHOOL  AND  COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, SCHOOL EMPLOYED MENTAL HEALTH
 PROFESSIONALS, AND SUICIDE PREVENTION EXPERTS, AND SHALL, AT A  MINIMUM,
 ADDRESS  PROCEDURES  RELATING  TO  SUICIDE PREVENTION, INTERVENTION, AND
 POSTVENTION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05722-01-3
 A. 1613                             2

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