New York S 6653: Enacts the college student suicide prevention act

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S06653 Summary:

BILL NOS06653A

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SAME ASSAME AS A04921-C

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SPONSORWEBB

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §6438-e, Ed L

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Enacts the college student suicide prevention act to provide for policies, procedures and guidelines on suicide prevention, intervention and postvention for every higher education institution.

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BILL NOS06653A

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03/19/2025REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

06/01/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION

06/01/2026PRINT NUMBER 6653A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6653--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 19, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education -- recom-
 mitted to the Committee on Higher Education in accordance with Senate
 Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the college
 student suicide prevention act

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "college student suicide prevention act".
 3 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6438-e to
 4 read as follows:
 5 § 6438-e. College student suicide prevention act. The governing board
 6 or body of every higher education institution shall, before the first
 7 day of August, two thousand twenty-seven, adopt policies, procedures,
 8 and guidelines on student suicide prevention, intervention, and postven-
 9 tion. Such policies, procedures, and guidelines shall be developed in
 10 consultation with collegiate and community stakeholders, campus-employed
 11 mental health professionals, and suicide prevention experts.
 12 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07650-06-6

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