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ACT No. 5482026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 392
BY REPRESENTATIVES BOYD, BAYHAM, BERAULT, BILLINGS, BOUDREAUX,
BRASS, BRYANT, CARPENTER, CARRIER, WILFORD CARTER, CHASSION,
DEVILLIER, DOMANGUE, FISHER, FREEMAN, GREEN, DANA HENRY,
JORDAN, KNOX, LACOMBE, LAFLEUR, TERRY LANDRY, LARVADAIN,
LYONS, MARTINEZ, MCMAKIN, MILLER, MOORE, MURRAY, NEWELL,
PHELPS, SPELL, TAYLOR, THOMPSON, AND WALTERS AND SENATORS
BARROW, BOUDREAUX, CARTER, JACKSON-ANDREWS, JENKINS,
MIZELL, PRICE, AND WHEAT
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 17:282.4(F), relative to suicide prevention programs for students;
3 to provide relative to information required to be shared on school websites and
4 student identification cards; to revise the content of the information; to authorize
5 such information to be included in student handbooks; to broaden applicability of
6 requirements; to require signage at schools about the national suicide prevention
7 hotline number and a state suicide prevention website; and to provide for related
8 matters.
9 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
10 Section 1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Student Suicide
11 Prevention Awareness Act.
12 Section 2. R.S. 17:282.4(F) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
13 §282.4. Youth suicide prevention programs; student safety and violence and social
14 isolation prevention training; policies; intent; rules; services; funding
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16 F.(1) Each public and approved nonpublic secondary middle school and high
17 school shall post on its website and may include in its student handbook the
18 following information:
19 (a) The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline hotline number, "988", with an
20 explanation that this number may be called or texted.
21 (b) A local suicide prevention hotline number, if available, and a state
22 suicide prevention hotline number, if available.
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1 (c) A link to Louisiana988.org, a suicide prevention initiative of the
2 Louisiana Department of Health.
3 (2) The governing authority of each public and approved nonpublic
4 secondary middle school and high school that issues student identification cards shall
5 have printed on the cards the information provided in Subparagraphs (1)(a) and (b)
6 of this Subsection.
7 (3)(a) Each middle school and high school that receives federal funds shall
8 post signage to inform students about the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
9 hotline number, "988", with an explanation that this number may be called or texted.
10 The signage shall include a brief message encouraging students experiencing
11 emotional distress to seek help as well as an explanation that the hotline is free,
12 confidential, and available twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week.
13 (b) The signage shall also include information about Louisiana988.org and
14 an explanation that additional information and resources, including the ability to chat
15 online, are available at this website.
16 (c) The signage shall be placed in locations easily visible to students such as
17 school entrances and exits, student common areas, school counselor offices, school
18 nurse offices, near restrooms and locker rooms, and digital school bulletin boards if
19 available.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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