New York A 6306: Requires colleges and universities to provide all incoming and current students with information relating to suicide prevention and resources

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A06306 Summary:

BILL NOA06306 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORPeoples-Stokes

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COSPNSRSteck, Dinowitz

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §6438-d, Ed L

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Requires public and private colleges and universities to provide all incoming and current students with information relating to suicide prevention and resources available to them on campus.

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BILL NOA06306 

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03/03/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6306

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 3, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES, STECK, DINOWITZ -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring public and
 private colleges and universities to provide all incoming and current
 students with information about depression and suicide prevention and
 resources available to them on campus

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature hereby finds and
 2 declares that there is a need to address the growing number of students
 3 at the collegiate level who are suffering from psychiatric stressors
 4 that may lead to suicide. The legislature further recognizes that such
 5 psychiatric stressors also contribute to difficulties in learning and
 6 success on the collegiate level. Early detection and identification of
 7 at-risk individuals may not only prevent suicide, but may also allow
 8 such other students suffering from psychiatric stressors to get the
 9 support needed to be successful in their academic endeavors. The support
 10 necessary to achieve these goals may often require collaboration between
 11 college officials and parents and/or guardians in such a manner as to be
 12 consistent with the needs of each student.
 13 Therefore, to achieve the above-stated goals, the legislature hereby
 14 finds and declares that every college within the state shall establish a
 15 suicide prevention program.
 16 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6438-d to
 17 read as follows:
 18 § 6438-d. The collegiate suicide prevention program. 1. The trustees
 19 or governing board of each college shall inform incoming students about
 20 suicide prevention measures through programs which may include work-
 21 shops, seminars, discussion groups, and film presentations, in order to
 22 disseminate information about pressures and matters that may place a
 23 person at risk of suicide, promote discussion, encourage reporting of
 24 persons at risk of suicide, and facilitate prevention of such incidents.
 25 Such information shall include, but not be limited to:
 26 a. the mental health services available to students,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02089-01-5

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 1 b. how to identify an at risk person,
 2 c. the procedures in effect at the college for dealing with attempted
 3 suicide,
 4 d. the availability of counseling and other support services for
 5 persons at risk and those affected by suicide,
 6 e. the nature of and common circumstances relating to suicide on
 7 college campuses, and
 8 f. the methods the college employs to support at risk students.
 9 2. Pursuant to the requirements set forth in subdivision one of this
 10 section, each college shall file a report annually on its compliance of
 11 such program with the commissioner.
 12 3. If the trustees or other governing board of a college fails to file
 13 the rules and regulations within the time required by this section such
 14 college shall not be eligible to receive any state aid or assistance
 15 until such rules and regulations are duly filed.
 16 4. a. The president or chief administrative officer of each college,
 17 except those independent colleges ineligible to receive state aid under
 18 section sixty-four hundred one of this title, which maintains a campus
 19 and is chartered by the regents or incorpo