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H4563 • 2025

An Act relative to suicide prevention in schools

An Act relative to suicide prevention in schools

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Education (J)
Last action
2025-10-02
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act relative to suicide prevention in schools

An Act relative to suicide prevention in schools Status: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

What This Bill Does

  • An Act relative to suicide prevention in schools Status: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

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Bill History

  1. 2025-10-02 House

    Reported from the committee on Education

  2. 2025-10-02 House

    New draft of H672 and H699

  3. 2025-10-02 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to suicide prevention in schools
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.4563

SECTION 1. Chapter 71 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following section:

Section 98. (a) The department of elementary and secondary education shall adopt rules to require in school health care providers and any holder of, or applicant for, an educator’s license in the commonwealth to receive at least 2 hours of evidence based in-service suicide awareness and prevention training once every other year. This training shall be provided within the framework of existing in-service training programs offered by the department or as part of required professional development activities.

(1) Staff members subject to the training under paragraph (a) initially hired during a school year in which the training is not required, shall be provided with suicide prevention and identification materials for review by the local district within thirty days of being hired.

(b) The department shall, in consultation with the department of public health, the department of mental health, and suicide prevention experts, develop a list of approved training materials to fulfill the requirements of this section. The approved training materials must:

(1) be evidence-based; and

(2) demonstrated to be an effective or promising program.

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