Bill Text: NY S05860 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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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

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5860--A
            Cal. No. 401
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       May 3, 2017
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        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