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A3210Assembly2017-2018 SessionSame asS5860

Suicide Prevention Training for Educators

Official title

“Requires the office of mental health to develop educational materials for educators regarding suicide prevention”

Sponsor Felix OrtizAD-51+12 co-sponsorsAffects Health
Status
Signed by Governor
Impact
3/10
Low
Outcome
Signed into law

Bill progress

Signed into law

What's happening

This bill requires the New York Office of Mental Health to provide educational materials on suicide prevention for university and college educators.

Why it matters

  1. Addresses a critical mental health need. By focusing on suicide prevention and depression education specifically for college and university students, the bill aims to equip educators with tools to recognize and respond to early warning signs, potentially saving lives.

  2. Promotes culturally competent care. The requirement that materials address how depression manifests in different cultures acknowledges the diverse backgrounds of New York’s students and may help prevent disparities in mental health support.

  3. Facilitates timely access to resources. Mandating that educational materials be made available electronically and through multiple channels ensures rapid, broad distribution to faculty and staff, increasing the likelihood that educators can intervene effectively and promptly.

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Suicide Prevention Training for Educators

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Felix Ortiz

Assembly Member · Assembly District 51

1 Multi-sponsor

History

  1. Signed chap.462
  2. Delivered to governor
  3. Returned to assembly
  4. Passed senateVote 60–0
  5. 3rd reading cal.401
  6. Substituted for S5860A
  7. Referred to rules
  8. Delivered to senate
  9. Passed assembly
  10. Ordered to third reading rules cal.94
  11. Rules report cal.94
  12. Reported
Show 6 earlier actions
  1. Reported referred to rules
  2. Reported referred to ways and means
  3. Print number 3210a
  4. Amend and recommit to mental health
  5. Referred to mental health
  6. Referred to mental health

Companion bill

The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.

S5860Senate

Suicide Prevention Materials for Educators

Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Patty Ritchie

Impact 4 · Low0% to pass

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

3210--A

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

January 27, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, ABINANTI, WEPRIN, JENNE, JAFFEE, SKOUFIS, STIRPE, O'DONNELL, GALEF, BLAKE, McDONALD -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Mental Health -- recommitted to the Committee on Mental Health in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

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 Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. The commissioner of the office of mental health, in consultation with the commissioner of the department of education, shall provide and publish, in electronic or other format, educational materials for any New York state university or community college, or a city university, regarding suicide prevention measures and signs of depression among students attending such university or community college, or a city university. Such educational materials shall include, but not be limited to, information regarding symptoms of depression, how depression manifests itself in different cultures, warning signs of suicide, actions to take once a student is identified as at risk of suicide, and a list of educational websites regarding suicide and students attending a university or college. Such educational materials shall be made available to the faculty and staff or any New York state university or community college, or a city university, through the official website of the office of mental health and by any other means deemed appropriate by the commissioner of the office of mental health within ninety days of the effective date of this act.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD08209-02-8

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