Bill Text: NY S05860 | 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: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-20 - SUBSTITUTED BY A3210A [S05860 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5860
                               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
        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