Bill Text: NY A03210 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-1)

Status: (Passed) 2018-12-28 - signed chap.462 [A03210 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A03210-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3210
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 27, 2017
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        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:
     1    Section 1. The commissioner of the office of mental health, in consul-
     2  tation  with  the  commissioner  of  the  department of education, shall
     3  provide and publish, in electronic or other format, educational  materi-
     4  als  for  educators  regarding  suicide prevention measures and signs of
     5  depression among youth. Such educational materials  shall  include,  but
     6  not  be  limited  to,  information regarding symptoms of depression, how
     7  depression manifests itself in  different  cultures,  warning  signs  of
     8  suicide,  actions  to  take  once  a  youth  is identified as at risk of
     9  suicide, and a list of educational websites regarding suicide and youth.
    10  Such educational materials shall be made available to educators  through
    11  the  official  website  of  the office of mental health and by any other
    12  means deemed appropriate by the commissioner of  the  office  of  mental
    13  health within ninety days of the effective date of this act.
    14    § 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