HB 2238 — Enacts requirements relating to suicide prevention education and information

Bill Text

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This bill amends 3 section(s) of the Missouri Revised Statutes: Section 170.047, RSMo; Section 170.048, RSMo; Section 173.1200, RSMo.

• Section 170.047, RSMo

  shall such or professional development 3. 4. 5. → This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Jason Flatt/ Avery Reine Cantor Act". 2. (1) and continuing until the end of the 2022-23 school year (2) Beginning in the 2023-24 school year and continuing in subsequent school years, the practicing teacher assistance programs established under section 168.400 may offer and include at least two hours of in-service training provided by each local school district for all practicing teachers in such district regarding suicide prevention. Each school year, all teachers, principals, and licensed educators in each district may attend such training or complete training on suicide prevention through self-review of suicide prevention materials. Attendance at the training shall count as two contact hours of professional development under section 168.021 and shall count as two hours of any other such training required under this section. bold-face ⟦/INThe department of elementary and secondary education shall develop guidelines suitable for training or professional development in youth suicide awareness and prevention. The department ⟦INS⟧ may the described under subsection 2 of this section or may offer districts materials developed by a third party that districts may use for the training 4. 5. 6.

  amended

• Section 170.048, RSMo

  4. (1) Beginning July 1, 2023, a public school or charter school that serves any pupils in seventh grade to twelfth grade and that issues pupil identification cards shall have printed on either side of the cards the telephone number described in paragraph (a) of this subdivision and may have printed on either side of the cards the telephone numbers described in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this subdivision: (a) The telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, 1-800- 273-8255; (b) The Crisis Text Line, which can be accessed by texting HOME to 741741; and (c) A local suicide prevention hotline telephone number if available. (If, on July 1, 2023, a public school or charter school subject to the requirements of this subsection has a supply of unissued pupil identification cards that do not comply with the requirements of subdivision (1) of this subsection, the school shall issue those cards until that supply is depleted. (3) Subdivision (1) of this subsection shall apply to a pupil identification card issued for the first time to a pupil and to a card issued to replace a damaged or lost card.

  amended

• Section 173.1200, RSMo

  7. (1) Beginning July 1, 2023, a public institution of higher education that issues student identification cards shall have printed on either side of the cards the telephone number described in paragraph (a) of this subdivision and may have printed on either side of the cards the telephone numbers described in paragraphs (b) to (d) of this subdivision: (a) The telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, 1-800- 273-8255; (b) The Crisis Text Line, which can be accessed by texting HOME to 741741; (c) The campus police or security telephone number or, if the campus does not have a campus police or security telephone number, the local law enforcement authority's telephone number; and (d) A local suicide prevention hotline telephone number if available. (2) If, on July 1, 2023, a public institution of higher education subject to the requirements of this subsection has a supply of unissued student identification cards that do not comply with the requirements of subdivision (1) of this subsection, the institution shall issue those cards until that supply is depleted. (3) Subdivision (1) of this subsection shall apply to a student identification card issued for the first time to a student and to a card issued to replace a damaged or lost card.

  amended

Action History

1. May 13, 2022

   Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education(H)

2. January 06, 2022

   Read Second Time (H)

3. January 05, 2022

   Introduced and Read First Time (H)

Sponsors

• Andrew McDaniel · Cosponsor
• Bridget Walsh Moore · Cosponsor
• LaDonna Appelbaum · Primary

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