SB 972: Pupil and student health: identification cards: suicide prevention hotline telephone numbers.
- Session Year: 2017-2018
- House: Senate
- Latest Version Date: 2018-09-17
Existing law, the California Suicide Prevention Act of 2000, authorizes the State Department of Health Care Services to establish and implement a suicide prevention, education, and gatekeeper program to reduce the severity, duration, and incidence of suicidal behaviors. The act authorizes the State Department of Health Care Services to contract with an outside agency to establish and implement a targeted public awareness and education campaign on suicide prevention and treatment, and requires that the target population include junior high and high school students.
Existing law requires the governing board or body of a county office of education, school district, state special school, or charter school that serves pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to, before the beginning of the 201718 school year, adopt a policy on pupil suicide prevention, as specified, that specifically addresses the needs of high-risk groups. Existing law requires the Instructional Quality Commission to consider developing, and recommending for adoption by the State Board of Education, a distinct category on mental health instruction to educate pupils about all aspects of mental health, including, among other things, depression and suicidal thoughts and behaviors, as specified. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to send a notice to each middle school, junior high school, and high school that encourages each school to provide suicide prevention training to each school counselor, provides information on the availability of certain suicide prevention training curriculum, informs schools about certain suicide prevention training, and describes how a school might retain those services.
This bill would require a public school, including a charter school, or a private school, that serves pupils in any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, and that issues pupil identification cards to have printed on either side of the pupil identification cards the telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, and would authorize those schools to have printed on either side of the pupil identification cards the Crisis Text Line and a local suicide prevention hotline telephone number. The bill would require a public or private institution of higher education that issues student identification cards to have printed on either side of the student identification cards the telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, and would authorize the institution to have printed on either side of the student identification cards the Crisis Text Line, the campus police or security telephone number, or the local nonemergency telephone number, as provided, and a local suicide prevention hotline telephone number. The bill would require schools and public or private institutions of higher education subject to these requirements that have a supply of unissued, noncompliant identification cards as of January 1, 2019, to issue the noncompliant identification cards until that supply is depleted.
Existing law, the California Suicide Prevention Act of 2000, authorizes the State Department of Health Care Services to establish and implement a suicide prevention, education, and gatekeeper program to reduce the severity, duration, and incidence of suicidal behaviors. The act authorizes the State Department of Health Care Services to contract with an outside agency to establish and implement a targeted public awareness and education campaign on suicide prevention and treatment, and requires that the target population include junior high and high school students.
Existing law requires the governing board or body of a county office of education, school district, state special school, or charter school that serves pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to, before the beginning of the 201718 school year, adopt a policy on pupil suicide prevention, as specified, that specifically addresses the needs of high-risk groups. Existing law requires the Instructional Quality Commission to consider developing, and recommending for adoption by the State Board of Education, a distinct category on mental health instruction to educate pupils about all aspects of mental health, including, among other things, depression and suicidal thoughts and behaviors, as specified. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to send a notice to each middle school, junior high school, and high school that encourages each school to provide suicide prevention training to each school counselor, provides information on the availability of certain suicide prevention training curriculum, informs schools about certain suicide prevention training, and describes how a school might retain those services.
This bill would require a public school, including a charter school, or a private school, that serves pupils in any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, and that issues pupil identification cards to have printed on either side of the pupil identification cards the telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, and would authorize those schools to have printed on either side of the pupil identification cards the Crisis Text Line and a local suicide prevention hotline telephone number. The bill would require a public or private institution of higher education that issues student identification cards to have printed on either side of the student identification cards the telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, and would authorize the institution to have printed on either side of the student identification cards the Crisis Text Line, the campus police or security telephone number, or the local nonemergency telephone number, as provided, and a local suicide prevention hotline telephone number. The bill would require schools and public or private institutions of higher education subject to these requirements that have a supply of unissued, noncompliant identification cards as of January 1, 2019, to issue the noncompliant identification cards until that supply is depleted.
Existing law, the California Suicide Prevention Act of 2000, authorizes the State Department of Health Care Services to establish and implement a suicide prevention, education, and gatekeeper program to reduce the severity, duration, and incidence of suicidal behaviors. The act authorizes the State Department of Health Care Services to contract with an outside agency to establish and implement a targeted public awareness and education campaign on suicide prevention and treatment, and requires that the target population include junior high and high school students.
Existing law requires the governing board or body of a county office of education, school district, state special school, or charter school that serves pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to, before the beginning of the 201718 school year, adopt a policy on pupil suicide prevention, as specified, that specifically addresses the needs of high-risk groups. Existing law requires the Instructional Quality Commission to consider developing, and recommending for adoption by the State Board of Education, a distinct category on mental health instruction to educate pupils about all aspects of mental health, including, among other things, depression and suicidal thoughts and behaviors, as specified. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to send a notice to each middle school, junior high school, and high school that encourages each school to provide suicide prevention training to each school counselor, provides information on the availability of certain suicide prevention training curriculum, informs schools about certain suicide prevention training, and describes how a school might retain those services.
This bill would require a public school, including a charter school, or a private school school, that serves pupils in any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, and that issues pupil identification cards to have printed on either side of the pupil identification cards the telephone number for a suicide prevention hotline or the Crisis Text Line, or both telephone numbers. the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, and would authorize those schools to have printed on the pupil identification cards the Crisis Text Line and a local suicide prevention hotline telephone number. The bill would require a public or private institution of higher education that issues student identification cards to have printed on either side of the student identification cards the telephone number for a suicide prevention hotline or the Crisis Text Line, or both telephone numbers, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, and would authorize the institution to have printed on either side of the student identification cards the Crisis Text Line, the campus police or security telephone number, or the local nonemergency telephone number, as provided. provided, and a local suicide prevention hotline telephone number. The bill would require schools and public or private institutions of higher education subject to these requirements that have a supply of unissued, noncompliant identification cards as of January 1, 2019, to issue the noncompliant identification cards until that supply is depleted.
Existing law, the California Suicide Prevention Act of 2000, authorizes the State Department of Health Care Services to establish and implement a suicide prevention, education, and gatekeeper program to reduce the severity, duration, and incidence of suicidal behaviors. The act authorizes the State Department of Health Care Services to contract with an outside agency to establish and implement a targeted public awareness and education campaign on suicide prevention and treatment, and requires that the target population include junior high and high school students.
Existing law requires the governing board or body of a county office of education, school district, state special school, or charter school that serves pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to, before the beginning of the 201718 school year, adopt a policy on pupil suicide prevention, as specified, that specifically addresses the needs of high-risk groups. Existing law requires the Instructional Quality Commission to consider developing, and recommending for adoption by the State Board of Education, a distinct category on mental health instruction to educate pupils about all aspects of mental health, including, among other things, depression and suicidal thoughts and behaviors, as specified. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to send a notice to each middle school, junior high school, and high school that encourages each school to provide suicide prevention training to each school counselor, provides information on the availability of certain suicide prevention training curriculum, informs schools about certain suicide prevention training, and describes how a school might retain those services.
This bill would require a public school, including a charter school, or a private school that serves pupils in any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, that issues pupil identification cards to have printed on either side of the pupil identification cards the telephone number for a suicide prevention hotline or the Crisis Text Line, or both telephone numbers. The bill would require a public or private institution of higher education that issues student identification cards to have printed on either side of the student identification cards the telephone number for a suicide prevention hotline or the Crisis Text Line, or both telephone numbers. numbers, and would authorize the institution to have printed on either side of the student identification cards the campus police or security telephone number, or the local nonemergency telephone number, as provided. The bill would require schools and public or private institutions of higher education subject to these requirements that have a supply of unissued, noncompliant identification cards as of January 1, 2019, to issue the noncompliant identification cards until that supply is depleted.
Existing law, the California Suicide Prevention Act of 2000, authorizes the State Department of Health Care Services to establish and implement a suicide prevention, education, and gatekeeper program to reduce the severity, duration, and incidence of suicidal behaviors. The act authorizes the State Department of Health Care Services to contract with an outside agency to establish and implement a targeted public awareness and education campaign on suicide prevention and treatment, and requires that the target population include junior high and high school students.
Existing law requires the governing board or body of a county office of education, school district, state special school, or charter school that serves pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to, before the beginning of the 201718 school year, adopt a policy on pupil suicide prevention, as specified, that specifically addresses the needs of high-risk groups. Existing law requires the Instructional Quality Commission to consider developing, and recommending for adoption by the State Board of Education, a distinct category on mental health instruction to educate pupils about all aspects of mental health, including, among other things, depression and suicidal thoughts and behaviors, as specified. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to send a notice to each middle school, junior high school, and high school that encourages each school to provide suicide prevention training to each school counselor, provides information on the availability of certain suicide prevention training curriculum, informs schools about certain suicide prevention training, and describes how a school might retain those services.
This bill would require a public school, including a charter school, or a private school that serves pupils in any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, that issues pupil identification cards to have printed on either side of the pupil identification cards the telephone number for a suicide prevention hotline or the Crisis Text Line, or both telephone numbers. The bill would require a public or private institution of higher education that issues student identification cards to have printed on either side of the student identification cards the telephone number for a suicide prevention hotline or the Crisis Text Line, or both telephone numbers.
Existing law, the California Suicide Prevention Act of 2000, authorizes the State Department of Health Care Services to establish and implement a suicide prevention, education, and gatekeeper program to reduce the severity, duration, and incidence of suicidal behaviors. The act authorizes the State Department of Health Care Services to contract with an outside agency to establish and implement a targeted public awareness and education campaign on suicide prevention and treatment, and requires that the target populations population include junior high and high school students.
Existing law requires the governing board or body of a county office of education, school district, state special school, or charter school that serves pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to, before the beginning of the 201718 school year, adopt a policy on pupil suicide prevention, as specified, that specifically addresses the needs of high-risk groups. Existing law requires the Instructional Quality Commission to consider developing, and recommending for adoption by the State Board of Education, a distinct category on mental health instruction to educate pupils about all aspects of mental health, including, among other things, depression and suicidal thoughts and behaviors, as specified. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to send a notice to each middle school, junior high school, and high school that encourages each school to provide suicide prevention training to each school counselor, provides information on the availability of certain suicide prevention training curriculum, informs schools about certain suicide prevention training, and describes how a school might retain those services.
This bill would require a public school, including a charter school, or a private school that serves pupils in any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, that issues pupil identification cards to have printed on the back either side of the pupil identification cards the telephone number for a suicide prevention hotline or the Crisis Text Line, or both telephone numbers. The bill would require a public or private institution of higher education that issues student identification cards to have printed on the back either side of the student identification cards the telephone number for a suicide prevention hotline or the Crisis Text Line, or both telephone numbers.
Existing law, the California Suicide Prevention Act of 2000, authorizes the State Department of Health Care Services to establish and implement a suicide prevention, education, and gatekeeper program to reduce the severity, duration, and incidence of suicidal behaviors. The act authorizes the State Department of Health Care Services to contract with an outside agency to establish and implement a targeted public awareness and education campaign on suicide prevention and treatment, and requires that target populations include junior high and high school students.
Existing law requires the governing board or body of a county office of education, school district, state special school, or charter school that serves pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to, before the beginning of the 201718 school year, adopt a policy on pupil suicide prevention, as specified, that specifically addresses the needs of high-risk groups. Existing law requires the Instructional Quality Commission to consider developing, and recommending for adoption by the State Board of Education, a distinct category on mental health instruction to educate pupils about all aspects of mental health, including, among other things, depression and suicidal thoughts and behaviors, as specified. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to send a notice to each middle school, junior high school, and high school that encourages each school to provide suicide prevention training to each school counselor, provides information on the availability of certain suicide prevention training curriculum, informs schools about certain suicide prevention training, and describes how a school might retain those services.
This bill would require a public school, including a charter school, or a private school that serves pupils in any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, that issues pupil identification cards to have printed on the back of the pupil identification cards the telephone number for a suicide prevention hotline. hotline or the Crisis Text Line, or both telephone numbers. The bill would require a public or private institution of higher education that issues student identification cards to have printed on the back of the student identification cards the telephone number for a suicide prevention hotline. Because the bill would impose a new duty on campuses of the California Community Colleges, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. hotline or the Crisis Text Line, or both telephone numbers.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.Existing law, the California Suicide Prevention Act of 2000, authorizes the State Department of Health Care Services to establish and implement a suicide prevention, education, and gatekeeper program to reduce the severity, duration, and incidence of suicidal behaviors. The act authorizes the State Department of Health Care Services to contract with an outside agency to establish and implement a targeted public awareness and education campaign on suicide prevention and treatment, and requires that target populations include junior high and high school students.
Existing law requires the governing board or body of a county office of education, school district, state special school, or charter school that serves pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to, before the beginning of the 201718 school year, adopt a policy on pupil suicide prevention, as specified, that specifically addresses the needs of high-risk groups. Existing law requires the Instructional Quality Commission to consider developing, and recommending for adoption by the State Board of Education, a distinct category on mental health instruction to educate pupils about all aspects of mental health, including, among other things, depression and suicidal thoughts and behaviors, as specified. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to send a notice to each middle school, junior high school, and high school that encourages each school to provide suicide prevention training to each school counselor, provides information on the availability of certain suicide prevention training curriculum, informs schools about certain suicide prevention training, and describes how a school might retain those services.
This bill would require a public school, including a charter school, or a private school that serves pupils in any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, that issues pupil identification cards to have printed on the back of the pupil identification cards the telephone number for a suicide prevention hotline. The bill would require a public or private institution of higher education that issues student identification cards to have printed on the back of the student identification cards the telephone number for a suicide prevention hotline. Because the bill would impose a new duty on campuses of the California Community Colleges, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
(a)Commencing July 1, 2019, a public school, including a charter school, or a private school, that serves pupils in any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, and that issues pupil identification cards shall have printed on either side of the pupil identification cards the telephone number described in paragraph (1) and may have printed on either side of the pupil identification cards the telephone numbers described in paragraphs (2) and (3):
(1)The telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, 1-800-273-8255.
(2)The Crisis Text Line, which can be accessed by texting HOME to 741741.
(3)A local suicide prevention hotline telephone number.
(b)Commencing July 1, 2019, a public or private institution of higher education that issues student identification cards shall have printed on either side of the student identification cards the telephone number described in paragraph (1) and may have printed on either side of the student identification cards the telephone numbers described in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4):
(1)The telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, 1-800-273-8255.
(2)The Crisis Text Line, which can be accessed by texting HOME to 741741.
(3)The campus police or security telephone number or, if the campus does not have a campus police or security telephone number, the local nonemergency telephone number.
(4)A local suicide prevention hotline telephone number.
(c)Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (b), if, as of January 1, 2019, a school subject to the requirements of subdivision (a), or a public or private institution of higher education subject to the requirements of subdivision (b), has a supply of unissued pupil or student identification cards that do not comply with the requirements of subdivision (a) or (b), as applicable, the school or the public or private institution of higher education shall issue those pupil or student identification cards until that supply is depleted.
(d)Subdivisions (a) and (b) shall apply for a pupil or student identification card issued for the first time to a pupil or student, and to a pupil or student identification card issued to replace a damaged or lost pupil or student identification card.
(a)Commencing July 1, 2019, a public school, including a charter school, or a private school, that serves pupils in any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, and that issues pupil identification cards shall have printed on either side of the pupil identification cards the telephone number described in paragraph (1) and may have printed on either side of the pupil identification cards the telephone numbers described in paragraphs (2) and (3):
(1)The telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, 1-800-273-8255.
(2)The Crisis Text Line, which can be accessed by texting HOME to 741741.
(3)A local suicide prevention hotline telephone number.
(b)Commencing July 1, 2019, a public or private institution of higher education that issues student identification cards shall have printed on either side of the student identification cards the telephone number described in paragraph (1) and may have printed on either side of the student identification cards the telephone numbers described in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4):
(1)The telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, 1-800-273-8255.
(2)The Crisis Text Line, which can be accessed by texting HOME to 741741.
(3)The campus police or security telephone number or, if the campus does not have a campus police or security telephone number, the local nonemergency telephone number.
(4)A local suicide prevention hotline telephone number.
(c)Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (b), if, as of January 1, 2019, a school subject to the requirements of subdivision (a), or a public or private institution of higher education subject to the requirements of subdivision (b), has a supply of unissued pupil or student identification cards that do not comply with the requirements of subdivision (a) or (b), as applicable, the school or the public or private institution of higher education shall issue those pupil or student identification cards until that supply is depleted.
(d)Subdivisions (a) and (b) shall apply for a pupil or student identification card issued for the first time to a pupil or student, and to a pupil or student identification card issued to replace a damaged or lost pupil or student identification card.
(a)Commencing July 1, 2019, a public school, including a charter school, or a private school school, that serves pupils in any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, and that issues pupil identification cards shall have printed on either side of the pupil identification cards either or both of the following telephone numbers: the telephone number described in paragraph (1) and may have printed on either side of the pupil identification cards the telephone numbers described in paragraphs (2) and (3):
(1)A suicide prevention hotline. Schools are encouraged to use the The telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, 1-800-273-8255, to meet this requirement. 1-800-273-8255.
(2)The Crisis Text Line, which can be accessed by texting HOME to 741741.
(3)A local suicide prevention hotline telephone number.
(b)Commencing July 1, 2019, a public or private institution of higher education that issues student identification cards shall have printed on either side of the student identification cards either or both of the following telephone numbers the telephone number described in paragraphs paragraph (1) and (2) and may have printed on either side of the student identification cards the following telephone number telephone numbers described in paragraph (3): paragraphs (2), (3), and (4):
(1)A suicide prevention hotline. Public and private institutions of higher education are encouraged to use the The telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, 1-800-273-8255, to meet this requirement. 1-800-273-8255.
(2)The Crisis Text Line, which can be accessed by texting HOME to 741741.
(3)The campus police or security telephone number or, if the campus does not have a campus police or security telephone number, the local nonemergency telephone number.
(4)A local suicide prevention hotline telephone number.
(c)Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (b), if, as of January 1, 2019, a school subject to the requirements of subdivision (a), or a public or private institution of higher education subject to the requirements of subdivision (b), has a supply of unissued pupil or student identification cards that do not comply with the requirements of subdivision (a) or (b), as applicable, the school or the public or private institution of higher education shall issue those pupil or student identification cards until that supply is depleted.
(d)Subdivisions (a) and (b) shall apply for a pupil or student identification card issued for the first time to a pupil or student, and to a pupil or student identification card issued to replace a damaged or lost pupil or student identification card.
(a)Commencing July 1, 2019, a public school, including a charter school, or a private school that serves pupils in any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, that issues pupil identification cards shall have printed on either side of the pupil identification cards either or both of the following telephone numbers:
(1)A suicide prevention hotline. Schools are encouraged to use the telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, 1-800-273-8255, to meet this requirement.
(2)The Crisis Text Line, which can be accessed by texting HOME to 741741.
(b)Commencing July 1, 2019, a public or private institution of higher education that issues student identification cards shall have printed on either side of the student identification cards either or both of the following telephone numbers: numbers described in paragraphs (1) and (2) and may have printed on either side of the student identification cards the following telephone number described in paragraph (3):
(1)A suicide prevention hotline. Public and private institutions of higher education are encouraged to use the telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, 1-800-273-8255, to meet this requirement.
(2)The Crisis Text Line, which can be accessed by texting HOME to 741741.
(3)The campus police or security telephone number or, if the campus does not have a campus police or security telephone number, the local nonemergency telephone number.
(c)Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (b), if, as of January 1, 2019, a school subject to the requirements of subdivision (a), or a public or private institution of higher education subject to the requirements of subdivision (b), has a supply of unissued pupil or student identification cards that do not comply with the requirements of subdivision (a) or (b), as applicable, the school or the public or private institution of higher education shall issue those pupil or student identification cards until that supply is depleted.
(d)Subdivisions (a) and (b) shall apply for a pupil or student identification card issued for the first time to a pupil or student, and to a pupil or student identification card issued to replace a damaged or lost pupil or student identification card.
(a)Commencing July 1, 2019, a public school, including a charter school, or a private school that serves pupils in any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, that issues pupil identification cards shall have printed on either side of the pupil identification cards the telephone number for a suicide prevention hotline or the Crisis Text Line, or both telephone numbers. either or both of the following telephone numbers:
(1)A suicide prevention hotline. Schools are encouraged to use the telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, 1-800-273-8255, to meet this requirement.
(2)The Crisis Text Line, which can be accessed by texting HOME to 741741.
(b)Commencing July 1, 2019, a public or private institution of higher education that issues student identification cards shall have printed on either side of the student identification cards the telephone number for a suicide prevention hotline or the Crisis Text Line, or both telephone numbers. either or both of the following telephone numbers:
(1)A suicide prevention hotline. Public and private institutions of higher education are encouraged to use the telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, 1-800-273-8255, to meet this requirement.
(2)The Crisis Text Line, which can be accessed by texting HOME to 741741.
(a)Commencing July 1, 2019, a public school, including a charter school, or a private school that serves pupils in any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, that issues pupil identification cards shall have printed on the back either side of the pupil identification cards the telephone number for a suicide prevention hotline or the Crisis Text Line, or both telephone numbers.
(b)Commencing July 1, 2019, a public or private institution of higher education that issues student identification cards shall have printed on the back either side of the student identification cards the telephone number for a suicide prevention hotline or the Crisis Text Line, or both telephone numbers.
(a)Commencing July 1, 2019, a public school, including a charter school, or a private school that serves pupils in any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, that issues pupil identification cards shall have printed on the back of the pupil identification cards the telephone number for a suicide prevention hotline. hotline or the Crisis Text Line, or both telephone numbers.
(b)Commencing July 1, 2019, a public or private institution of higher education that issues student identification cards shall have printed on the back of the student identification cards the telephone number for a suicide prevention hotline. hotline or the Crisis Text Line, or both telephone numbers.
SEC. 3.If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(a)Commencing July 1, 2019, a public school, including a charter school, or a private school that serves pupils in any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, that issues pupil identification cards shall have printed on the back of the pupil identification cards the telephone number for a suicide prevention hotline.
(b)Commencing July 1, 2019, a public or private institution of higher education that issues student identification cards shall have printed on the back of the student identification cards the telephone number for a suicide prevention hotline.
SEC. 3.If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
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| Sep 17, 2018 | Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 460, Statutes of 2018. |
| Sep 17, 2018 | Approved by the Governor. |
| Aug 24, 2018 | Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. |
| Aug 20, 2018 | Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. |
| Aug 16, 2018 | In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. |
| Aug 16, 2018 | Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. |
| Aug 9, 2018 | Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. |
| Aug 8, 2018 | From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). |
| Jul 5, 2018 | From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. |
| Jun 20, 2018 | Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. |
| Jun 19, 2018 | From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 13). |
| May 15, 2018 | From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. |
| May 3, 2018 | Referred to Coms. on ED. and APPR. |
| Apr 26, 2018 | In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. |
| Apr 26, 2018 | Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly. |
| Apr 16, 2018 | Read second time. Ordered to third reading. |
| Apr 12, 2018 | Read third time and amended. |
| Mar 15, 2018 | Read second time. Ordered to third reading. |
| Mar 14, 2018 | From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 14). |
| Mar 5, 2018 | From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. |
| Feb 27, 2018 | Set for hearing March 14. |
| Feb 14, 2018 | Referred to Com. on ED. |
| Feb 2, 2018 | From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 4. |
| Feb 1, 2018 | Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. |
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| Aug 20, 2018 | Unfinished Business SB972 Portantino et al. Concurrence | Senate Floor |
Passed |
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| Aug 16, 2018 | SB 972 Portantino Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session | Assembly Floor |
Passed |
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| Aug 8, 2018 | Do pass. To Consent Calendar. | Assembly Standing Committee on Appropriations |
Passed |
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| Jun 13, 2018 | Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] | Assembly Standing Committee on Education |
Passed |
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| Apr 26, 2018 | Senate 3rd Reading SB972 Portantino et al. | Senate Floor |
Passed |
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| Mar 14, 2018 | Do pass | Senate Standing Committee on Education |
Passed |
This list shows positions taken on this bill by organizations on the date displayed, which is linked to the original source.
Positions by individuals are not included.
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| American Academy Of Pediatrics, California | ** Support | Aug 18, 2018 |
| American Foundation for Suicide Prevention | ** Support | Aug 18, 2018 |
| California Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | ** Support | Aug 18, 2018 |
| California Access Coalition | ** Support | Jun 11, 2018 |
| California Association Of School Psychologists | * Support | Jun 13, 2018 |
| California Catholic Conference | ** Support | Aug 18, 2018 |
| California Federation Of Teachers | * Support | Jun 13, 2018 |
| California Hospital Association | ** Support | Jun 11, 2018 |
| California Junior Leagues State Public Affairs Committee | ** Support | Aug 18, 2018 |
| California Medical Association | ** Support | Jun 11, 2018 |
| California School Boards Association | ** Support | Aug 18, 2018 |
| California School Nurses Organization | ** Support | Aug 18, 2018 |
| California Sleep Society | ** Support | Jun 11, 2018 |
| California State PTA | ** Support | Aug 18, 2018 |
| California Teachers Association | ** Support | Jun 11, 2018 |
| Catholic Church of California | * Support | Mar 14, 2018 |
| County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California | ** Support | Jun 11, 2018 |
| Disability Rights California | ** Support | Aug 18, 2018 |
| El Camino Children And Family Services, Inc. | ** Support | Jun 11, 2018 |
| Hacienda La Puente Unified School District | ** Support | Aug 18, 2018 |
| Hathaway-Sycamores Child and Family Services | ** Support | Aug 18, 2018 |
| High School Parent Engagement Group | ** Support | Aug 18, 2018 |
| Mental Health America of California | ** Support | Aug 18, 2018 |
| Office of Riverside County Superintendent of Schools | * Support | Jun 13, 2018 |
| Pacific Clinics | ** Support | Aug 18, 2018 |
| Special Education Local Plan Area | ** Support | Jun 11, 2018 |
| Special Education Local Plan Area Administrators of California | ** Support | Aug 18, 2018 |
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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SB 972
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SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: 6-0, 3/14/18
AYES: Allen, Wilk, Galgiani, Leyva, Pan, Vidak
SENATE FLOOR: 36-0, 4/26/18
AYES: Allen, Atkins, Bates, Beall, Bradford, Cannella, De León, Dodd, Fuller, Gaines, Galgiani, Glazer, Hernandez, Hertzberg, Hill, Hueso, Jackson, Lara, Leyva, McGuire, Mitchell, Monning, Moorlach, Newman, Nguyen, Nielsen, Pan, Portantino, Roth, Skinner, Stern, Stone, Vidak, Wieckowski, Wiener, Wilk
NO VOTE RECORDED: Anderson, Berryhill, Morrell
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 76-0, 8/16/18 (Consent) - See last page for vote
DIGEST:
This bill requires schools that serve students in any of grades 7-12, and institutions of higher education, that issue student identification cards to have printed on either side of the identification card the number for a suicide hotline.
Assembly Amendments
no longer require student identification cards to include the Crisis Text Line and instead authorize the Crisis Text Line to be printed on student identification cards; authorize student identification cards to include the telephone number for a local suicide prevention hotline; authorize institutions of higher education to print on their student identification cards the campus police or security telephone number; require unissued non-compliant identification cards to be issued until that supply is depleted; applies the requirements of this bill to identification cards issued for the first time or to replace a lost or damaged identification card; specify that the Crisis Text Line can be accessed by texting HOME to 741741.
Existing law:
- Requires the governing board or body of a local educational agency (LEA) that serves students in any grades 7 to 12 to adopt, before the beginning of the 2017–18 school year, a policy on student suicide prevention in grades 7 to 12. (Education Code § 215)
- Requires the policy to be developed in consultation with school and community stakeholders, school-employed mental health professionals, and suicide prevention experts and, at a minimum, address procedures relating to suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention. (EC § 215)
- Requires the policy to specifically address the needs of high-risk groups, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
- Youth bereaved by suicide.
- Youth with disabilities, mental illness, or substance use disorders.
- Youth experiencing homelessness or in out-of-home settings, such as foster care.
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning youth. (EC § 215)
- Requires the California Department of Education (CDE) to develop and maintain a model policy to serve as a guide for LEAs. (EC § 215)
- Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to send a notice to each middle school, junior high school, and high school that encourages each school to provide suicide prevention training to each school counselor at least one time while employed as a counselor, provides information on the availability of the suicide prevention training curriculum developed by the CDE, and informs schools about the suicide prevention training provided by the CDE and describes how a school might retain those services. (Education Code § 49604)
- Requires the Instructional Quality Commission, when revising the health framework, to consider developing, and recommending for adoption by the state board, a distinct category on mental health instruction to educate pupils about all aspects of mental health. Existing law requires that instruction to include, among other things, how to appropriately seek and find assistance from mental health professionals and services within the school district and in the community for themselves or others. (EC § 51900.5)
This bill:
- Requires, beginning July 1, 2019, a public school or private school that serves students in any of grades 7-12 that issues student identification cards to have printed on either side of the cards the telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, 1-800-273-8255.
- Authorizes, beginning July 1, 2019, a public school or private school that serves students in any of grades 7-12 that issues student identification cards to have printed on either side of the cards:
- The Crisis Text Line, which can be accessed by texting HOME to 741741.
- A local suicide prevention hotline telephone number.
- The Crisis Text Line, which can be accessed by texting HOME to 741741.
- Requires, beginning July 1, 2019, a public or private institution of higher education that issues student identification cards to have printed on either side of the cards the telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, 1-800-273-8255.
- Authorizes, beginning July 1, 2019, a public or private institution of higher education that issues student identification cards to have printed on either side of the cards:
- The Crisis Text Line, which can be accessed by texting HOME to 741741.
- The campus police or security telephone number or, if the campus does not have a campus police or security telephone number, the local nonemergency telephone number.
- A local suicide prevention hotline telephone number.
- The Crisis Text Line, which can be accessed by texting HOME to 741741.
- Requires a school or institution of higher education that has a supply of unissued identification cards that do not comply with the requirements of this bill to issue those identification cards until that supply is depleted.
- Provides that the requirements of this bill apply for an identification card issued for the first time, and to identification cards issued to replace a damaged or lost identification card.
- Specifies that public schools include charter schools.
Comments
Need for the bill. According to the author, “Adolescent suicide and self-inflicted injury are a serious social and public health concern. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, studies show that at least 90% of teens who kill themselves have some type of mental health issue, such as depression, anxiety, drug or alcohol abuse, or a behavioral problem. Most teens who commit suicide struggle with a mood disorder which is an illness of the brain. Recently, the California Department of Education adopted a model youth suicide prevention policy to help educate and train counselors and school employees of the signs of suicidal behavior and mental illness. Expanding the policy to provide an easily accessible suicide prevention telephone hotline number on a student’s identification cards will be another necessary resource for potential lifesaving help.”
Other sources. This bill requires the telephone number for a suicide prevention hotline or the Crisis Text Line to be printed on the back of student identification cards. Students may also find this information online, on posters that may be in limited locations on campus, or in their school district’s suicide prevention policy. The author believes that suicide prevention hotline and/or text line numbers should be printed on student identification cards because students typically have their identification cards on their persons, while students may otherwise see this information only sporadically or after searching online.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: Fiscal Com.: Local:
According to the Assembly Appropriations Committee:
- Minor one-time Proposition 98 General Fund (GF) costs in the tens of thousands of dollars to reformat student identification cards for students in grades 7-12 at public schools.
- Minor one-time GF costs in the low thousands of dollars to reformat student identification cards at all public institutions of higher education.
American Academy of Pediatrics, California
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
California Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
California Catholic Conference
California Junior Leagues State Public Affairs Committee
California School Boards Association
California School Nurses Organization
California State PTA
Disability Rights California
Hacienda La Puente Unified School District
Hathaway-Sycamores Child and Family Services
High School Parent Engagement Group
Mental Health America of California
Pacific Clinics
Special Education Local Plan Area Administrators of California
One individual
OPPOSITION: (Verified 8/16/18)
None received
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 76-0, 8/16/18
AYES: Acosta, Aguiar-Curry, Travis Allen, Arambula, Baker, Berman, Bigelow, Bonta, Brough, Burke, Caballero, Calderon, Carrillo, Cervantes, Chau, Chávez, Chen, Chiu, Choi, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Cunningham, Dahle, Daly, Eggman, Flora, Fong, Frazier, Friedman, Gabriel, Gallagher, Eduardo Garcia, Gipson, Gloria, Gonzalez Fletcher, Gray, Grayson, Harper, Holden, Irwin, Jones-Sawyer, Kalra, Kamlager-Dove, Kiley, Lackey, Levine, Limón, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Patterson, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Reyes, Rivas, Rodriguez, Rubio, Salas, Santiago, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Voepel, Waldron, Weber, Wood, Rendon
NO VOTE RECORDED: Bloom, Cristina Garcia, Low, McCarty
8/18/18 12:40:16
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Date of Hearing: August 8, 2018
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, Chair
SBPCA Bill Id:SB 972
Author:(Portantino) – As Amended Ver:July 5, 2018
Policy Committee: | Education | Vote: | 6 - 0 |
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Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: No Reimbursable: No
SUMMARY: This bill requires, beginning July 1, 2019, public and private schools serving students in grades 7-12, and public and private institutions of higher education which issue pupil identification cards, to print certain telephone numbers for suicide prevention on student identification cards. The requirement will apply only to cards issued to a new student and to cards issued to replace a damaged or lost card. In addition, if a school or institution of higher education has a supply of unissued cards, it may issue those cards until depleted.
FISCAL EFFECT:
- Minor one-time Proposition 98 General Fund (GF) costs in the tens of thousands of dollars to reformat student identification cards for students in grades 7-12 at public schools.
- Minor one-time GF costs in the low thousands of dollars to reformat student identification cards at all public institutions of higher education.
COMMENTS:
- Purpose. According to the author, “providing an easily accessible suicide prevention telephone hotline number…will be another necessary resource for potential lifesaving help.”
- Student Identification Cards. Public schools tend to issue student identification cards to students in high school and often times issue identification cards to students in middle school. Each public institution of higher education issues student identification cards. Some campus-issued cards already include emergency and key contact numbers on the cards. Private schools and institutions tend to issue student identifications cards, but vary.
This bill applies only to schools and institutions of higher education choosing to issue student identification cards.
- Related Legislation. AB 2390 (Harper) requires public schools serving students in grades 7-12 to print certain telephone numbers for suicide prevention on student identification cards. The Senate Education committee held the bill and Assembly Member Harper signed on as a principal coauthor of SB 972 (Portantino).
AB 2391 (Harper) requires public institutions of higher education to print certain telephone numbers for suicide prevention on student identification cards. Like AB 2390 (Harper), the Senate Education committee held the bill.
Analysis Prepared by: Natasha Collins / APPR. / (916) 319-2081
Date of Hearing: June 13, 2018
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Patrick O'Donnell, Chair
SBPCA Bill Id:SB 972
Author:(Portantino) – As Amended Ver:May 15, 2018
SENATE VOTE: 36-0
SUBJECT: Pupil and student health: identification cards: suicide prevention hotline telephone number
SUMMARY: Requires public schools, private schools, and public and private institutions of higher education which issue pupil identification cards to print the telephone number for a suicide prevention hotline or the Crisis Text Line, or both telephone numbers. Specifically, this bill:
- Requires, commencing July 1, 2019, a school that serves pupils in any of grades 7 to 12, including public schools, including charter schools, and private schools, and a public or private institution of higher education, that issues pupil identification cards to have printed on either side of the cards either or both of the following telephone numbers:
- A suicide prevention hotline. Schools are encouraged to use the telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, 1-800-273-8255, to meet this requirement.
- The Crisis Text Line, which can be accessed by texting HOME to 741741.
EXISTING LAW:
- Requires the governing boards of school districts, county offices of education, the state special schools, and charter schools which serve students in grades 7 to 12 to adopt, before the beginning of the 2017–18 school year, a policy on student suicide prevention for students in those grades.
- Requires that these policies address, at a minimum, procedures relating to suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention.
- Requires the policies to be developed in consultation with school and community stakeholders, school-employed mental health professionals, and suicide prevention experts.
- Requires that the policies specifically address the needs of high-risk groups, including youth bereaved by suicide, youth with disabilities, mental illness, or substance use disorders, youth experiencing homelessness or in out-of-home settings, students in foster care, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning youth.
- Requires that the policy address any training to be provided to teachers of students in grades 7 to 12 on suicide awareness and prevention.
- Requires the policy to be written to ensure that school employees act only within the authorization or scope of their credential or license.
- Requires the CDE, to assist LEAs in developing policies for student suicide prevention, to develop and maintain a model policy to serve as a guide for LEAs.
FISCAL EFFECT: This bill has been keyed non-fiscal by the Office of Legislative Counsel.
COMMENTS:
Need for the bill. The author’s office states: “Adolescent suicide and self-inflicted injury are a serious social and public health concern. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, studies show that at least 90% of teens who kill themselves have some type of mental health issue, such as depression, anxiety, drug or alcohol abuse, or a behavioral problem. Most teens who commit suicide struggle with a mood disorder which is an illness of the brain. Recently, the California Department of Education adopted a model youth suicide prevention policy to help educate and train counselors and school employees of the signs of suicidal behavior and mental illness. Providing an easily accessible suicide prevention telephone hotline number on a student’s identification cards will be another necessary resource for potential lifesaving help.”
Youth suicide rate has increased dramatically in recent years. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), suicide rates in the United States have risen nearly 30% since 1999. Among young people ages 10 to 17 the rate increased 70% from 2006 to 2016. Suicide is the third leading cause of death for youth between the ages of 10 and 24, and results in approximately 4,600 lives lost each year.
Suicide rate for middle school students are at an all-time high. According to the CDC, the national incidence of suicide among students aged 10-14 doubled from 2007 (0.9%) to 2014 (2.1%), resulting in 425 deaths in 2014. Suicide is the third leading cause of death among students aged 10-14, and more die by suicide than as a result of motor vehicle accidents.
Youth suicide in California. According to the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health, which compiles and reports data from state agency sources:
- In 2011-13, nearly 20% of California public school students in grades 9, 11, and nontraditional classes reported seriously considering attempting suicide in the past year.
- Reported suicidal ideation is higher among female students and among students from multiracial and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander backgrounds.
- In 2013, 481 California youth ages 5-24 were known to have committed suicide.
- The state’s youth suicide rate in 2011-13 was 7.7 per 100,000 youth ages 15-24, slightly higher than previous years, but substantially lower than the rate in 1995-97 (9.4 per 100,000).
- In 2013, males accounted for almost 80% of youth suicides in California (354 of 452). Statewide and nationally, many more male youth (ages 15-24) than female youth commit suicide.
- In 2013, there were 3,322 hospitalizations for non-fatal self-inflicted injuries among children and youth ages 5-20 in California.
- In 2013, 62% of hospitalizations for self-inflicted injuries in California involved youth ages 16-20.
High risk groups. Research identifies specific groups of students who are at higher risk of suicide:
- Youth bereaved by suicide: Young people appear to be particularly affected by others’ suicides. Research has found that the relative risk of suicide following exposure to another individual’s suicide was 2 to 4 times higher among 15- to 19-year-olds than among other age groups, and that between 1 percent and 5 percent of teen suicides occur in “suicide clusters.” A phenomenon known as “suicide contagion” refers to the increased risk of suicide for individuals bereaved by the suicide of others.
- Youth with disabilities: Research shows that adolescents with particular disabilities, such as chronic pain, loss of mobility, disfigurement, multiple sclerosis, and spinal cord injuries are at higher risk of suicide. People with multiple sclerosis, for example, are more than twice as likely as the general population to attempt suicide and almost twice as likely to actually complete suicide.
- Youth with mental illness and substance abuse disorders: Nearly 90% of all suicides are associated with a diagnosable mental health or substance-abuse disorder. People experiencing depression, manic-depressive disorder, anxiety disorders, borderline personality disorder, schizophrenia, and conduct disorders are at elevated risk for suicide.
- Youth experiencing homelessness: Limited research suggests that more than half of homeless and runaway youth have attempted suicide.
- Youth in foster care: Limited research suggests that youth in foster care are more than twice as likely to commit suicide and nearly four times as likely to attempt suicide as their peers.
- Youth in juvenile detention: Youth involved with the juvenile justice system are four times more likely to commit suicide than their peers.
- Lesbian, gay and bisexual youth: LGBTQ youth are four times more likely to attempt suicide than their straight peers. Nearly half of young transgender people have seriously considered suicide, and one-quarter report having made a suicide attempt.
Research identifies several other factors associated with elevated risk of suicide:
- Research indicates that a past history of suicide attempts is the best predictor of future attempts. Youth who have engaged in self harm are also at elevated risk.
- Analysis from the RAND Corporation also shows significant regional differences in suicide rates in California, with the highest rates – roughly double those of the regions with the lowest rates – in the rural northern counties of the state.
- In California, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (Samoan, Guamanian, Chamorro only) are at elevated risk, and according to an analysis of data from the California Department of Public Health, between 2005 and 2010 the rate of suicide among this group doubled, while increasing 17% in the white population.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. This bill requires that the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline be printed on the back of high school identification cards.
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline provides free and confidential support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The Lifeline is comprised of a national network of over 165 local crisis centers. The Lifeline was launched by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the Mental Health Association of New York City in 2005. The Lifeline also established the only national suicide prevention hotline for Spanish speakers (800-273-TALK, “Oprima numero 2”). In 2014, Lifeline answered about 1.5 million calls.
Research (Gould, 2013) on the effect of the Lifeline found that suicidal individuals who spoke with trained crisis hotline staff were less likely to feel depressed and suicidal following the phone call. Research from Australia (King, 2011) found significant decreases in suicidality and significant improvement in mental state during the course of counselling sessions on a suicide prevention phone line.
Identification cards at postsecondary institutions. According to the Assembly Higher Education Committee, there is no segment system-wide student identification card; each campus of the UC, CSU, and CCC issues unique ID cards. Student ID cards are not issued every quarter or semester. Typically, currently-enrolled students receive a sticker with the semester or quarter listed that they adhere to their existing ID card. Committee Staff understands that some campus-issued student ID cards already include emergency and key contact numbers on the front or back of the cards.
Health curriculum framework under revision, will include suicide prevention content. The state’s health content standards adopted in 2008 for grades 7-12 include mental, emotional and social health concepts such as analyzing signs of depression, potential suicide, and other self-destructive behaviors, and identifying warning signs for suicide.
The state’s current health framework was last revised in 2003. It does not reflect the state’s health content standards, which were adopted in 2008. Work on revising of the health framework was initiated in 2008, but was suspended in 2009 as a result of state’s fiscal emergency.
The Health curriculum framework revision is now underway, and final adoption by the SBE is scheduled for May, 2019. According to the CDE timeline, the IQC is scheduled to approve a draft of the framework, initiating a 60-day public review period. Once the framework is complete, the state can adopt standards-aligned instructional materials for LEAs to purchase.
According to the CDE, the draft framework includes content regarding suicide prevention in both the middle and high school sections, including a mention of the local suicide prevention policies required by AB 2246 and the model policy posted by the CDE. In addition, the draft includes instructional examples for recognizing warning signs of suicide, knowing when to ask for help and how to get help, and prompting awareness of mental health issues including suicide prevention.
Recommended amendments. Staff recommends that this bill be amended as follows:
- Inclusion of the campus police or security number, or non-emergency number if there is no campus police or security
- Clarification that schools and colleges are to use any existing supply of unissued identification cards until depleted, and to issue the new identification cards to new students or when students lose or damage their existing cards
- Add a co-author
Related and prior legislation. AB 2390 (Harper) of this Session would require middle and high schools, including charter schools, which issue student identification cards to include on the back the telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and other crisis phone numbers.
AB 2391 (Harper) of this Session would require, commencing July 1, 2019, a campus of the California Community Colleges or the California State University that issues student identification cards, and requests a campus of the University of California that issues student ID cards, to include on the back of the student ID cards the telephone numbers for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and Crisis Text Line, and the campus police or security telephone number or, if the campus does not have a campus police or security telephone number, the local nonemergency telephone number.
SB 972 (Portantino) of this Session would require schools public schools, including charter schools, and private schools that serve students in any of grades 7-12, and institutions of higher education, that issue student identification cards to have printed on the back of the identification card the number for a suicide hotline or text line, or both.
AB 2369 (Berman and O’Donnell) of this Session requires the CDE to identify and make available an online training program in suicide prevention that a LEA can use to train school staff and pupils, consistent with the LEA’s policy on suicide prevention.
AB 2246 (O’Donnell) Chapter 642, Statutes of 2016 requires local educational agencies (LEAs) to adopt policies for the prevention of student suicides, and requires the CDE to develop and maintain a model suicide prevention policy.
AB 739 (Lowenthal) of the 2011-12 Session would have required the SBE and the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission to include suicide prevention instruction and mental illness awareness instruction in the health education framework for pupils in grades 7 to 12 during the next revision of the framework. The bill would have authorized a school district, commencing with the 2012–13 school year, to provide suicide prevention instruction and mental illness awareness instruction to pupils in grades 7 to 12. This bill was held in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:
Support
American Academy of Pediatrics, California
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
California Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
California Access Coalition
California Association of School Psychologists
California Catholic Conference
California Federation of Teachers
California Hospital Association
California Medical Association
California School Boards Association
California School Nurses Organization
California Sleep Society
California Teachers Association
County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California
El Camino Children and Family Services, Inc.
HealthRIGHT 360
Riverside County Superintendent of Schools
Special Education Local Plan Area
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by: Tanya Lieberman / ED. / (916) 319-2087
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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 972
Amended: 4/12/18
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: 6-0, 3/14/18
AYES: Allen, Wilk, Galgiani, Leyva, Pan, Vidak
DIGEST:
This bill requires schools that serve students in any of grades 7-12, and institutions of higher education, that issue student identification cards to have printed on either side of the identification card the number for a suicide hotline or text line, or both.
Senate Floor Amendments of 4/12/18 strike reference to printing a suicide hotline or text line, or both on the back of student identification cards, and instead provide that this information is to be printed on either side of student identification cards. The amendments also move the provisions of this bill to a different section of the Education Code, and add co-authors.
Existing law:
- Requires the governing board or body of a local educational agency (LEA) that serves students in any grades 7 to 12 to adopt, before the beginning of the 2017–18 school year, a policy on student suicide prevention in grades 7 to 12. (Education Code § 215)
- Requires the policy to be developed in consultation with school and community stakeholders, school-employed mental health professionals, and suicide prevention experts and, at a minimum, address procedures relating to suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention. (EC § 215)
- Requires the policy to specifically address the needs of high-risk groups, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
- Youth bereaved by suicide.
- Youth with disabilities, mental illness, or substance use disorders.
- Youth experiencing homelessness or in out-of-home settings, such as foster care.
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning youth. (EC § 215)
- Requires the California Department of Education (CDE) to develop and maintain a model policy to serve as a guide for LEAs. (EC § 215)
- Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to send a notice to each middle school, junior high school, and high school that encourages each school to provide suicide prevention training to each school counselor at least one time while employed as a counselor, provides information on the availability of the suicide prevention training curriculum developed by the CDE, and informs schools about the suicide prevention training provided by the CDE and describes how a school might retain those services. (Education Code § 49604)
- Requires the Instructional Quality Commission, when revising the health framework, to consider developing, and recommending for adoption by the state board, a distinct category on mental health instruction to educate pupils about all aspects of mental health. Existing law requires that instruction to include, among other things, how to appropriately seek and find assistance from mental health professionals and services within the school district and in the community for themselves or others. (EC § 51900.5)
This bill:
- Requires, beginning July 1, 2019, a public school or private school that serves students in any of grades 7-12 that issues student identification cards to have printed on either side of the cards the telephone number for a suicide prevention hotline, or the Crisis Text Line, or both numbers.
- Requires, beginning July 1, 2019, a public or private institution of higher education that issues student identification cards to have printed on either side of the cards the telephone number for a suicide prevention hotline, or the Crisis Text Line, or both numbers.
- Specifies that public schools include charter schools.
Comments
Need for the bill. According to the author, “Adolescent suicide and self-inflicted injury are a serious social and public health concern. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, studies show that at least 90% of teens who kill themselves have some type of mental health issue, such as depression, anxiety, drug or alcohol abuse, or a behavioral problem. Most teens who commit suicide struggle with a mood disorder which is an illness of the brain. Recently, the California Department of Education adopted a model youth suicide prevention policy to help educate and train counselors and school employees of the signs of suicidal behavior and mental illness. Expanding the policy to provide an easily accessible suicide prevention telephone hotline number on a student’s identification cards will be another necessary resource for potential lifesaving help.”
Other sources. This bill requires the telephone number for a suicide prevention hotline or the Crisis Text Line to be printed on the back of student identification cards. Students may also find this information online, on posters that may be in limited locations on campus, or in their school district’s suicide prevention policy. The author believes that suicide prevention hotline and/or text line numbers should be printed on student identification cards because students typically have their identification cards on their persons, while students may otherwise see this information only sporadically or after searching online.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: Fiscal Com.: Local:
American Academy of Pediatrics, California
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
California Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
California Catholic Conference
California Junior Leagues State Public Affairs Committee
California School Boards Association
California School Nurses Organization
California State PTA
Disability Rights California
Hacienda La Puente Unified School District
Hathaway-Sycamores Child and Family Services
High School Parent Engagement Group
Mental Health America of California
Pacific Clinics
Special Education Local Plan Area Administrators of California
One individual
OPPOSITION: (Verified 4/12/18)
None received
4/18/18 11:38:35
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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 972
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SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: 6-0, 3/14/18
AYES: Allen, Wilk, Galgiani, Leyva, Pan, Vidak
DIGEST: This bill requires schools that serve students in any of grades 7-12, and institutions of higher education, that issue student identification cards to have printed on the back of the identification card the number for a suicide hotline or text line, or both.
Existing law:
- Requires the governing board or body of a local educational agency (LEA) that serves students in any grades 7 to 12 to adopt, before the beginning of the 2017–18 school year, a policy on student suicide prevention in grades 7 to 12. (Education Code § 215)
- Requires the policy to be developed in consultation with school and community stakeholders, school-employed mental health professionals, and suicide prevention experts and, at a minimum, address procedures relating to suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention. (EC § 215)
- Requires the policy to specifically address the needs of high-risk groups, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
- Youth bereaved by suicide.
- Youth with disabilities, mental illness, or substance use disorders.
- Youth experiencing homelessness or in out-of-home settings, such as foster care.
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning youth. (EC § 215)
- Requires the California Department of Education (CDE) to develop and maintain a model policy to serve as a guide for LEAs. (EC § 215)
- Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to send a notice to each middle school, junior high school, and high school that encourages each school to provide suicide prevention training to each school counselor at least one time while employed as a counselor, provides information on the availability of the suicide prevention training curriculum developed by the CDE, and informs schools about the suicide prevention training provided by the CDE and describes how a school might retain those services. (Education Code § 49604)
- Requires the Instructional Quality Commission, when revising the health framework, to consider developing, and recommending for adoption by the state board, a distinct category on mental health instruction to educate pupils about all aspects of mental health. Existing law requires that instruction to include, among other things, how to appropriately seek and find assistance from mental health professionals and services within the school district and in the community for themselves or others. (EC § 51900.5)
This bill:
- Requires, beginning July 1, 2019, a public school or private school that serves students in any of grades 7-12 that issues student identification cards to have printed on the back of the cards the telephone number for a suicide prevention hotline, or the Crisis Text Line, or both numbers.
- Requires, beginning July 1, 2019, a public or private institution of higher education that issues student identification cards to have printed on the back of the cards the telephone number for a suicide prevention hotline, or the Crisis Text Line, or both numbers.
- Specifies that public schools include charter schools.
Comments
Need for the bill. According to the author, “Adolescent suicide and self-inflicted injury are a serious social and public health concern. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, studies show that at least 90% of teens who kill themselves have some type of mental health issue, such as depression, anxiety, drug or alcohol abuse, or a behavioral problem. Most teens who commit suicide struggle with a mood disorder which is an illness of the brain. Recently, the California Department of Education adopted a model youth suicide prevention policy to help educate and train counselors and school employees of the signs of suicidal behavior and mental illness. Expanding the policy to provide an easily accessible suicide prevention telephone hotline number on a student’s identification cards will be another necessary resource for potential lifesaving help.”
Other sources. This bill requires the telephone number for a suicide prevention hotline or the Crisis Text Line to be printed on the back of student identification cards. Students may also find this information online, on posters that may be in limited locations on campus, or in their school district’s suicide prevention policy. The author believes that suicide prevention hotline and/or text line numbers should be printed on student identification cards because students typically have their identification cards on their persons, while students may otherwise see this information only sporadically or after searching online.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: Fiscal Com.: Local:
American Academy of Pediatrics, California
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
California Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
California Catholic Conference
California Junior Leagues’ State Public Affairs Committee
California School Boards Association
California School Nurses Organization
California State PTA
Disability Rights California
Hacienda La Puente Unified School District
Hathaway-Sycamores Child and Family Services
High School Parent Engagement Group
Mental Health America of California
Pacific Clinics
Special Education Local Plan Area Administrators of California
One individual
None received
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Senator Benjamin Allen, Chair
2017 - 2018 Regular
Bill No: Hearing Date: March 14, 2018
Author: | Portantino | ||
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Urgency: | Fiscal: | No | |
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Subject:
SUMMARY
This bill requires schools that serve students in any of grades 7-12, and institutions of higher education, that issue student identification cards to have printed on the back of the identification card the number for a suicide hotline or text line, or both.
BACKGROUND
Existing law:
- Requires the governing board or body of a local educational agency (LEA) that serves students in any grades 7 to 12 to adopt, before the beginning of the 2017–18 school year, a policy on student suicide prevention in grades 7 to 12.
(Education Code § 215)
- Requires the policy to be developed in consultation with school and community stakeholders, school-employed mental health professionals, and suicide prevention experts and, at a minimum, address procedures relating to suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention. (EC § 215)
- Requires the policy to specifically address the needs of high-risk groups, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
- Youth bereaved by suicide.
- Youth with disabilities, mental illness, or substance use disorders.
- Youth experiencing homelessness or in out-of-home settings, such as foster care.
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning youth. (EC § 215)
- Youth bereaved by suicide.
- Requires the California Department of Education to develop and maintain a model policy to serve as a guide for LEAs. (EC § 215)
- Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to send a notice to each middle school, junior high school, and high school that encourages each school to provide suicide prevention training to each school counselor at least one time while employed as a counselor, provides information on the availability of the suicide prevention training curriculum developed by the California Department of Education (CDE), and informs schools about the suicide prevention training provided by the CDE and describes how a school might retain those services. (Education Code § 49604)
- Requires the Instructional Quality Commission, when revising the health framework, to consider developing, and recommending for adoption by the state board, a distinct category on mental health instruction to educate pupils about all aspects of mental health. Existing law requires that instruction to include, among other things, how to appropriately seek and find assistance from mental health professionals and services within the school district and in the community for themselves or others. (EC § 51900.5)
ANALYSIS
This bill requires schools that serve students in any of grades 7-12, and institutions of higher education that issue student identification cards to have printed on the back of the identification card the number for a suicide hotline or text line, or both. Specifically, this bill:
- Requires, beginning July 1, 2019, a public school or private school that serves students in any of grades 7-12 that issues student identification cards to have printed on the back of the cards the telephone number for a suicide prevention hotline, or the Crisis Text Line, or both numbers.
- Requires, beginning July 1, 2019, a public or private institution of higher education that issues student identification cards to have printed on the back of the cards the telephone number for a suicide prevention hotline, or the Crisis Text Line, or both numbers.
- Specifies that public schools include charter schools.
STAFF COMMENTS
- Need for the bill. According to the author, “Adolescent suicide and self-inflicted injury are a serious social and public health concern. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, studies show that at least 90% of teens who kill themselves have some type of mental health issue, such as depression, anxiety, drug or alcohol abuse, or a behavioral problem. Most teens who commit suicide struggle with a mood disorder which is an illness of the brain. Recently, the California Department of Education adopted a model youth suicide prevention policy to help educate and train counselors and school employees of the signs of suicidal behavior and mental illness. Expanding the policy to provide an easily
accessible suicide prevention telephone hotline number on a student’s identification cards will be another necessary resource for potential lifesaving help.”
- Suicide rates. In an April 2016 report, the Centers on Disease Control and Prevention reported an increase in the national suicide rate of 24 percent between 1999 and 2014, from 10.5 to 13.0 per 100,000, with the pace of increase greater after 2006. The largest increase for females occurred among those aged 10-14 years. According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, in California, suicide is the third leading cause of death for people age 10-24 years.
In 2016-17, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration conducted an investigation of youth suicide in Santa Clara County. According to the report, Palo Alto and Morgan Hill have the highest suicide rates in the county among 10- to 24-year-olds. In addition, males and 20- to 24-year-olds were found to be among the groups at highest risk.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, suicidal individuals that spoke with trained crisis hotline staff were found to be less likely to feel depressed and suicidal following the phone call, and crisis hotline staff were found to have improved skills in developing a connection with the suicidal caller. - Other sources. This bill requires the telephone number for a suicide prevention hotline or the Crisis Text Line to be printed on the back of student identification cards. Students may also find this information online, on posters that may be in limited locations on campus, or in their school district’s suicide prevention policy. The author believes that suicide prevention hotline and/or text line numbers should be printed on student identification cards because students typically have their identification cards on their persons, while students may otherwise see this information only sporadically or after searching online.
- No student identification card? This bill applies only to schools and colleges that choose to issue student identification cards. To address schools that do not issue student identification cards, should this bill be amended to require the school district’s suicide prevention policy to include how students will be provided with a suicide prevention hotline or the Crisis Text Line number?
- Related legislation. AB 2391 (Harper) requires beginning July 1, 2019, a campus of the California Community Colleges or the California State University that issues student identification cards, and requests a campus of the University of California, that issues student identification cards to include on the back of the student identification cards the telephone numbers for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and the Crisis Text Line, and the campus police or security telephone number or, if the campus does not have a campus police or security telephone number, the local nonemergency telephone number. AB 2391 is pending in the Assembly Higher Education Committee.
AB 2639 (Berman) requires the California Department of Education to identify evidence-based online training programs that a local educational agency can use to train school staff and students as part of the local educational agency’s policy on student suicide prevention. AB 2639 is pending referral in the Assembly.
SUPPORT
American Academy of Pediatrics
California Catholic Conference
California School Boards Association
Hacienda La Puente Unified School District
OPPOSITION
None received
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Discussed in Hearing
38SEC
Senate Floor
2MIN
Assembly Standing Committee on Education
2MIN
Senate Floor
6MIN
Senate Standing Committee on Education
Bill Author
