Bill Text: NJ S776 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires public institution of higher education to offer course on stress management.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-09 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee [S776 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2018-S776-Introduced.html

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SENATE, No. 776

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

218th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2018 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  SANDRA B. CUNNINGHAM

District 31 (Hudson)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires public institution of higher education to offer course on stress management.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.

  

An Act concerning curriculum offerings of public institutions of higher education and supplementing chapter 3B of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes. 

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    A public institution of higher education shall develop and offer among its undergraduate course offerings a course on personal resilience and stress management.  The course shall address a variety of stress management techniques including, but not limited to, positive self talk, journaling, and mindfulness.  The course shall be offered each semester.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately and shall first apply to the first full academic year following the date of enactment.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill requires each public institution of higher education to develop and offer among its undergraduate course offerings a course on personal resilience and stress management.  The course must address a variety of stress management techniques including, but not limited to, positive self talk, journaling, and mindfulness.  The institution must offer the course each semester.

     College counseling centers report an increasing number of students seeking crisis counseling.  There is an urgent need to provide students with stress management techniques that may, in some cases, alleviate anxiety before it reaches crisis level.