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