ENROLLEDHCAHB392 224 2958 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS Regular Session HOUSEAmendments BILLproposed NO.by House Committee on Education to Original House Bill No.

392 BYby REPRESENTATIVESRepresentative BOYD,Boyd BAYHAM,AMENDMENT BERAULT,NO. BILLINGS, BOUDREAUX, BRASS,BRYANT,CARPENTER,CARRIER,WILFORDCARTER,CHASSION, DEVILLIER, DOMANGUE, FISHER, FREEMAN, GREEN, DANA HENRY, JORDAN, KNOX, LACOMBE, LAFLEUR, TERRY LANDRY, LARVADAIN, LYONS, MARTINEZ, MCMAKIN, MILLER, MOORE, MURRAY, NEWELL, PHELPS, SPELL, TAYLOR, THOMPSON, AND WALTERS AND SENATORS BARROW, BOUDREAUX, CARTER, JACKSON-ANDREWS, JENKINS, MIZELL, PRICE, AND WHEAT AN ACT ToamendandreenactR.S.17:282.4(F),relativetosuicidepreventionprogramsforstudents;

to1 provideOnpage1,line5,after"requirements;"andbefore"and"insert"torequiresignageatschools relativeaboutthenationalsuicidepreventionhotlinenumberandastatesuicidepreventionwebsite;" toAMENDMENT informationNO. required to be shared on school websites and student identification cards;

to2 reviseOn thepage content1, ofbetween lines 6 and 7, insert the information;following:

to"Section authorize1. such information to be included in student handbooks;

toThis broadenAct applicabilityshall ofbe requirements;known and may be cited as the "Student Suicide Prevention Awareness Act."" AMENDMENT NO.

to3 requireOn signagepage 1, at schools about the nationalbeginning suicideof preventionline hotline7, numberchange and"Section a1." stateto suicide"Section prevention2." website;AMENDMENT NO.

and4 toOn providepage for1, relatedbetween matters.lines 16 and 17, insert the following:

Be"(c) itA enactedlink byto Louisiana988.org, a suicide prevention initiative of the LegislatureLouisiana Department of Louisiana:Health." AMENDMENT NO.

Section5 1.On page 2, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:

This"(3)(a) ActEach shallmiddle beschool known and mayhigh beschool citedthat asreceivesfederalfunds shall post signage to inform students about the "StudentNational Suicide Prevention AwarenessLifeline Act.hotlinenumber,"988",withanexplanationthatthisnumbermaybecalledortexted.

Section 2.

R.S.

17:282.4(F) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:

§282.4.

Youth suicide prevention programs;

student safetyand violence and social isolation prevention training;

policies;

intent;

rules;

services;

funding * * * F.(1) Eachpublicandapprovednonpublicsecondarymiddleschoolandhigh school shall post on its website and may include in its student handbook the following information:

(a) TheNationalSuicidePreventionLifelinehotlinenumber,"988",withan explanation that this number may be called or texted.

(b) A local suicide prevention hotline number, if available, and a state suicide prevention hotline number, if available.

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392 ENROLLED (c) A link to Louisiana988.org, a suicide prevention initiative of the Louisiana Department of Health.

(2) The governing authority of each public and approved nonpublic secondarymiddleschoolandhighschoolthatissuesstudentidentificationcardsshall have printed on the cards the information provided in Subparagraphs (1)(a) and (b) of this Subsection.

(3)(a) Each middle school and high school that receives federal funds shall post signage to inform students about the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline hotlinenumber,"988",withanexplanationthatthisnumbermaybecalledortexted.

(c) Thesignageshall beplacedin locationseasilyvisibleto students suchassuch as school entrances and exits, student common areas, school counselor offices, school nurse offices,nearoffices, restroomsnearrestrooms and locker rooms, and digital school bulletin boards if available.available." Page 1 of 1 CODING:

* * * SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:

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