Revision: Jan. 16, 2019, 9:30 a.m.
HB 652 - AS INTRODUCED
2019 SESSION
19-0790
06/03
HOUSE BILL 652
AN ACT relative to suicide prevention.
SPONSORS: Rep. Lucas, Sull. 2
COMMITTEE: Education
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires the state board of education to adopt rules requiring teachers and administrators in the public schools to receive annual training in suicide awareness and prevention.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
19-0790
06/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT relative to suicide prevention.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Short Title. This act shall be known and may be cited as "The Jason Flatt Act of 2019."
2 New Paragraph; State Board of Education; Rulemaking; Suicide Prevention Training. Amend RSA 186:11 by inserting after paragraph XXXVII the following new paragraph:
XXXVIII. Suicide Awareness and Prevention. Adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, to require every teacher, supervisor, and administrator in the public schools of this state to receive at least 2 hours of training in suicide awareness and prevention annually. Such rules shall allow for the use of self-training materials in fulfilling the annual training requirement and shall give local districts the discretion to determine how to both administer the training requirement and ensure that the training requirement is met.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.