Bill Text: NY S05860 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Requires the office of mental health to develop educational materials for educators regarding suicide prevention.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-20 - SUBSTITUTED BY A3210A [S05860 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S05860-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5860--A Cal. No. 401 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 3, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop- mental Disabilities -- recommitted to the Committee on Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading 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 any New York state university or community college, or a city 5 university, regarding suicide prevention measures and signs of 6 depression among students attending such university or community 7 college, or a city university. Such educational materials shall include, 8 but not be limited to, information regarding symptoms of depression, how 9 depression manifests itself in different cultures, warning signs of 10 suicide, actions to take once a student is identified as at risk of 11 suicide, and a list of educational websites regarding suicide and 12 students attending a university or college. Such educational materials 13 shall be made available to the faculty and staff or any New York state 14 university or community college, or a city university, through the offi- 15 cial website of the office of mental health and by any other means 16 deemed appropriate by the commissioner of the office of mental health 17 within ninety days of the effective date of this act. 18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08209-03-8