Bill Text: NY A04291 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires instruction related to the prevention of suicide among youths as an integral part of health education.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-06 - held for consideration in education [A04291 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A04291-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4291
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 2, 2011
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       Introduced by M. of A. ROBINSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Education
       AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring instruction
         related to the prevention of suicide as an  integral  part  of  health
         education
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section  804-e
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S  804-E.    INSTRUCTION  RELATED  TO  THE PREVENTION OF SUICIDE AMONG
    4  YOUTHS. 1. ALL SCHOOLS SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO INCLUDE,  AS  AN  INTEGRAL
    5  PART  OF  HEALTH  EDUCATION,  INSTRUCTION  REGARDING  THE  PREVENTION OF
    6  SUICIDE AMONG YOUTHS.
    7    2. INSTRUCTION REGARDING THE PREVENTION OF SUICIDE SHALL  BE  INCLUDED
    8  IN  THE  HEALTH  EDUCATION  PROVIDED FOR ALL SECONDARY SCHOOL PUPILS AND
    9  SHALL BE TAUGHT BY  TEACHERS  CERTIFIED  IN  HEALTH  EDUCATION.  RELATED
   10  COURSES  IN  THE  SECONDARY  SCHOOL CURRICULUM MAY BE TAUGHT IN A MANNER
   11  SUPPORTIVE OF HEALTH EDUCATION REGARDING THE PREVENTION OF SUICIDE AMONG
   12  YOUTHS. SUCH CURRICULUM SHALL INCLUDE INSTRUCTION RELATING TO THE  SIGNS
   13  AND RESPONSES TO DEPRESSION AND THE RISKS OF SUICIDE AMONG YOUTHS.
   14    3.  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO ESTAB-
   15  LISH A CURRICULUM FOR INSTRUCTION REGARDING THE  PREVENTION  OF  SUICIDE
   16  AMONG YOUTHS FOR THE WELFARE OF PUPILS AND THE COMMUNITY TO BE AVAILABLE
   17  IN  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS.  THE  CONTENTS MAY BE VARIED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF
   18  PARTICULAR SCHOOL DISTRICTS,  OR  PORTIONS  THEREOF,  AND  NEED  NOT  BE
   19  UNIFORM THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
   20    4. SCHOOL AUTHORITIES SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE THE NEEDED FACIL-
   21  ITIES, TIME, AND PLACE FOR THE INSTRUCTION SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION AND
   22  TO  PROVIDE  LEARNING  AIDS  AND  CURRICULUM  RESOURCE  MATERIALS  WHICH
   23  CONTRIBUTE TO EFFECTIVE TEACHING METHODS AND LEARNING IN  HEALTH  EDUCA-
   24  TION REGARDING THE PREVENTION OF SUICIDE AMONG YOUTHS.
   25    S  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
   26  the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00261-01-1