Bill Text: NH SB234 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requiring student identification cards to include the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2022-06-01 - Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 [SB234 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2022-SB234-Introduced.html
SB 234 - AS INTRODUCED
2022 SESSION
22-2905
10/05
SENATE BILL 234
AN ACT requiring student identification cards to include the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
SPONSORS: Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 1; Rep. Alexander Jr., Hills. 6
COMMITTEE: Education
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires student identification cards for public schools and institutions of higher education include the telephone number for the suicide prevention lifeline.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
22-2905
10/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
AN ACT requiring student identification cards to include the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Suicide Prevention; Public School Identification Cards. Amend RSA 193-J by inserting after section 2 the following new section:
193-J:2-a Public School Identification Cards.
I. Each school district and chartered public school that serves any students in grades 6 through 12 that issues student identification cards shall include on either side of the cards the telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline or their own mental health support helpline.
II. The requirement in paragraph I shall apply to any student identification card issued for the first time or for replacement cards issued for damaged or lost student identification cards after the effective date of this section.
III. Public schools and charter schools issuing student identification cards pursuant to this section shall annually and prior to the start of each school year certify to their respective governing bodies that the contact information being included on student identification cards for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline or their own mental health support helpline is accurate and up to date.
IV. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline shall be labeled on student identification cards as the Mental Health Support Line.
2 New Chapter; Suicide Prevention in Higher Education. Amend RSA by inserting after chapter 188-H the following new chapter:
CHAPTER 188-I
SUICIDE PREVENTION IN HIGHER EDUCATION
188-I:1 Student Identification Cards.
I. Each institution of higher education shall adopt a policy implementing the requirement that student identification cards shall include on either side of the cards the telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline or the institution's mental health support helpline.
II. The requirement in paragraph I shall apply to any student identification card issued for the first time or for replacement cards issued for damaged or lost student identification cards after the effective date of this section.
III. Public and private institutions of higher learning that issue student identification cards, including the institutions of the university system of New Hampshire, the community college system, and private higher education institutions regulated by the higher education commission under RSA 21-N:8-a, II, shall comply with the requirement in paragraph I by including on either side of the student identification cards the telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline or the for institution's own mental health support helpline.
