Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Mar 29, 2022 |
print number 7762a |
Mar 29, 2022 |
amend and recommit to education |
Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to education |
May 21, 2021 |
referred to education |
Assembly Bill A7762A
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
O'DONNELL
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
Carrie Woerner
Chris Burdick
John T. McDonald III
Sandy Galef
2021-A7762 - Details
2021-A7762 - Summary
Enacts the student suicide prevention act; requires the governing board or body of every local educational agency serving students in grades seven to twelve, to adopt policies, procedures and guidelines on student suicide prevention, intervention and postvention for students in such grades.
2021-A7762 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7762 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 21, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. O'DONNELL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the student suicide prevention act THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "student suicide prevention act". § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new article 2-A to read as follows: ARTICLE 2-A STUDENT SUICIDE PREVENTION SECTION 20. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. 21. DEFINITIONS. 22. POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND GUIDELINES. 23. APPLICATION. 24. SEVERABILITY AND CONSTRUCTION. § 20. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. THE LEGISLATURE FINDS AND DECLARES THE FOLLOWING: 1. ACCORDING TO DATA FROM THE FEDERAL CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION AS REPORTED IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN, SUICIDE IS THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS TEN TO TWENTY-FOUR YEARS OF AGE, INCLUSIVE, IN BOTH THE UNITED STATES AND IN NEW YORK STATE. 2. AS CHILDREN AND TEENS SPEND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THEIR YOUNG LIVES IN SCHOOL, THE PERSONNEL WHO INTERACT WITH THEM ON A DAILY BASIS ARE ESSENTIAL GATEKEEPERS FOR RECOGNIZING WARNING SIGNS OF SUICIDE AND MAKING THE APPROPRIATE REFERRALS FOR HELP. 3. IN A NATIONAL SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE JASON FOUNDATION, A TEACHER WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE NUMBER ONE PERSON TO WHOM A STUDENT WOULD TURN TO HELP A FRIEND WHO MIGHT BE SUICIDAL. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WHEN A YOUNG EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11460-01-1
co-Sponsors
Carrie Woerner
Chris Burdick
John T. McDonald III
Sandy Galef
2021-A7762A (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-A7762A (ACTIVE) - Summary
Enacts the student suicide prevention act; requires the governing board or body of every local educational agency serving students in grades seven to twelve, to adopt policies, procedures and guidelines on student suicide prevention, intervention and postvention for students in such grades.
2021-A7762A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7762--A 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 21, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. O'DONNELL, WOERNER, BURDICK, McDONALD, GALEF, KELLES, CARROLL, GOTTFRIED, DICKENS, BRONSON, SIMON, ENGLEBRIGHT, EPSTEIN, FAHY, J. M. GIGLIO, FRONTUS, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Education in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the student suicide prevention act THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "student suicide prevention act". § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new article 2-A to read as follows: ARTICLE 2-A STUDENT SUICIDE PREVENTION SECTION 20. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. 21. DEFINITIONS. 22. POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND GUIDELINES. 23. APPLICATION. 24. SEVERABILITY AND CONSTRUCTION. § 20. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. THE LEGISLATURE FINDS AND DECLARES THE FOLLOWING: 1. ACCORDING TO DATA FROM THE FEDERAL CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION AS REPORTED IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN, SUICIDE IS THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS TEN TO TWENTY-FOUR YEARS OF AGE, INCLUSIVE, IN BOTH THE UNITED STATES AND IN NEW YORK STATE. 2. AS CHILDREN AND TEENS SPEND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THEIR YOUNG LIVES IN SCHOOL, THE PERSONNEL WHO INTERACT WITH THEM ON A DAILY BASIS EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11460-02-2 A. 7762--A 2
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