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This document includes Senate 3rd Reading Floor Amendments incorporated into the bill on Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 6:51 PM by lpoole. -->              1     

SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAMS

             2     
2013 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

             4     
Chief Sponsor: Steve Eliason

             5     
Senate Sponsor: Stuart C. Reid

             6     
             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill provides requirements for suicide prevention programs.
             10      Highlighted Provisions:
             11          This bill:
             12          .    requires the State Board of Education to:
             13              .    designate a State Office of Education suicide prevention coordinator to oversee
             14      school district and charter school youth suicide prevention programs;        
             15              .    establish model youth suicide prevention programs for school districts and
             16      charter schools that include certain requirements; and
             17              .    report the progress of implementation of programs related to youth suicide
             18      prevention to the Legislature's Education Interim Committee;
             19          .    requires school districts and charter schools to implement a youth suicide
             20      prevention program for students in secondary grades;
             21          .    requires the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health to designate a state
             22      suicide prevention coordinator;
             23          .    requires the state suicide prevention coordinator to:
             24              .    coordinate suicide prevention programs and efforts statewide with multiple
             25      entities, including the State Board of Education; and
             26              .    report to the Legislature's Education Interim Committee, jointly with the State
             27      Board of Education, on suicide prevention programs and coordination with the


             28      State Board of Education;    
             29          .    provides money:
             30              .    to the State Board of Education and the Department of Human Services to
             31      oversee suicide prevention programs; and
             32              .    for resources to implement youth suicide prevention programs for school
             33      districts and charter schools.
             34      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             35          This bill appropriates in fiscal year 2014:
             36          .    to the State Board of Education - State Office of Education, as an ongoing
             37      appropriation:
             38              .    from the General Fund, S. [ $150,000 ] $100,000 .S ;
             39          .    to the Department of Human Services - Division of Substance Abuse and Mental
             40      Health, as an ongoing appropriation:
             41              .    from the General Fund, S. [ $100,000 ] $78,000 .S .
             42      Other Special Clauses:
             43          This bill provides an effective date.
             44      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             45      ENACTS:
             46          53A-15-1301, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             47          62A-15-1101, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             48     
             49      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             50          Section 1. Section 53A-15-1301 is enacted to read:
             51     
Part 13. Suicide Prevention Programs

             52          53A-15-1301. Youth suicide prevention programs required in secondary schools --
             53      State Board of Education to develop model programs -- Reporting requirements.
             54          (1) As used in the section:
             55          (a) "Board" means the State Board of Education.
             56          (b) "Intervention" means an effort to prevent a student from attempting suicide.
             57          (c) "Postvention" means mental health intervention after a suicide attempt or death to
             58      prevent or contain contagion.


             59          (d) "Program" means a youth suicide prevention program described in Subsection (2).
             60          (e) "Secondary grades":
             61          (i) means grades 7 through 12; and
             62          (ii) if a middle or junior high school includes grade 6, includes grade 6.
             63          (f) "State Office of Education suicide prevention coordinator" means a person
             64      designated by the board as described in Subsection (3).
             65          (g) "State suicide prevention coordinator" means the state suicide prevention
             66      coordinator described in Section 62A-15-1101 .
             67          (2) (a) In collaboration with the state office of education suicide prevention
             68      coordinator, a school district or charter school shall implement a youth suicide prevention
             69      program in the secondary grades of the school district or charter school.
             70          (b) A school district or charter school's program shall include the following
             71      components:
             72          (i) prevention of youth suicides;
             73          (ii) youth suicide intervention; and
             74          (iii) postvention for family, students, and faculty.
             75          (3) The board shall:
             76          (a) designate a State Office of Education suicide prevention coordinator; and
             77          (b) in collaboration with the Department of Heath and the state suicide prevention
             78      coordinator, develop model programs to provide to school districts and charter schools:
             79          (i) program training; and
             80          (ii) resources regarding the required components described in Subsection (2)(b).
             81          (4) The State Office of Education suicide prevention coordinator shall:
             82          (a) oversee the youth suicide prevention programs of school districts and charter
             83      schools; and
             84          (b) coordinate prevention and postvention programs, services, and efforts with the state
             85      suicide prevention coordinator.
             86          (5) Subject to legislative appropriation, the board may distribute money to a school
             87      district or charter school to be used to implement a program in the school district or charter
             88      school.
             89          (6) (a) The board shall report to the Legislature's Education Interim Committee, by the


             90      November 2014 meeting, jointly with the state suicide prevention coordinator, on:
             91          (i) the progress of school district and charter school programs; and
             92          (ii) the board's coordination efforts with the Department of Health and the state suicide
             93      prevention coordinator.
             94          (b) School districts and charter schools shall provide to the board information that is
             95      necessary for the board's report to the Legislature's Education Interim Committee as required in
             96      Subsection (6)(a).
             97          Section 2. Section 62A-15-1101 is enacted to read:
             98     
Part 11. Suicide Prevention Programs

             99          62A-15-1101. Suicide prevention program -- Reporting requirements.
             100          (1) As used in the section:
             101          (a) "Division" means the State Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health.
             102          (b) "Intervention" means an effort to prevent a person from attempting suicide.
             103          (c) "Postvention" means mental health intervention after a suicide attempt or death to
             104      prevent or contain contagion.
             105          (d) "State suicide prevention coordinator" means a person designated by the division as
             106      described in Subsection (2).
             107          (2) The division shall appoint a state suicide prevention coordinator.
             108          (3) The state suicide prevention coordinator shall coordinate suicide prevention,
             109      intervention, and postvention programs, services, and efforts statewide, with at least the
             110      following:
             111          (a) local mental health and substance abuse authorities;
             112          (b) the State Board of Education, including the State Office of Education suicide
             113      prevention coordinator described in Section 53A-15-1301 ;
             114          (c) the Department of Health;
             115          (d) health care providers, including emergency rooms; and
             116          (e) other public health suicide prevention efforts.
             117          (4) The state suicide prevention coordinator shall report to the Legislature's Education
             118      Interim Committee, by the November 2014 meeting, jointly with the State Board of Education,
             119      on the coordination of suicide prevention programs and efforts with the State Board of
             120      Education and the State Office of Education suicide prevention coordinator as described in


             121      Section 53A-15-1301 .
             122          Section 3. Appropriation.
             123          Under the terms and conditions of Title 63J, Chapter 1, Budgetary Procedures Act, for
             124      the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2014, the following sums of money
             125      are appropriated from resources not otherwise appropriated, or reduced from amounts
             126      previously appropriated, out of the funds or accounts indicated. These sums of money are in
             127      addition to any amounts previously appropriated for fiscal year 2014.
             128          To State Board of Education - State Office of Education
             129          From General Fund S. [ $150,000 ] $100,000 .S
             130          Schedule of Programs:
             131              Teaching and Learning                 S. [ $150,000 ] $100,000 .S
             132          To Department of Human Services -
             133           State Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health
             134          From General Fund S. [ $100,000 ] $78,000 .S
             135          Schedule of Programs:
             136              Administration                     S. [ $100,000 ] $78,000 .S
             137          The Legislature intends that:
             138          (1) the appropriation for Teaching and Learning be used by the State Office of
             139      Education:
             140          (a) to develop youth suicide prevention program models, training, and resources as
             141      described in Section 53A-15-1301 ; and
             142          (b) to distribute money or resources to school districts and charter schools to
             143      implement youth suicide prevention programs;
             144          (2) the appropriation for Administration be used for a suicide prevention program as
             145      described in Section 62A-15-1101 ; and
             146          (3) the appropriations described in Subsections (1) and (2):
             147          (a) be ongoing; and
             148          (b) not lapse at the close of fiscal year 2014.
             149          Section 4. Effective date.
             150          (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), this bill takes effect on May 14, 2013.
             151          (2) Uncodified Section 3, Appropriation, takes effect on July 1, 2013.






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