Bill Text: FL H1061 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Suicide Prevention

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-27 - Placed on Special Order Calendar; Substituted CS/CS/SB 434; Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 434 (Ch. 2010-204) -HJ 01174 [H1061 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-H1061-Comm_Sub.html

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CS/CS/HB 1061

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to suicide prevention; amending s.
3	14.20195, F.S.; revising the membership of the Suicide
4	Prevention Coordinating Council; amending s. 1006.07,
5	F.S.; requiring that district school boards provide access
6	to suicide prevention educational resources to all
7	instructional and administrative personnel as part of the
8	school district professional development system; providing
9	an effective date.
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11	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13	Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
14	14.20195, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
15	14.20195 Suicide Prevention Coordinating Council;
16	creation; membership; duties.-There is created within the
17	Statewide Office for Suicide Prevention a Suicide Prevention
18	Coordinating Council. The council shall develop strategies for
19	preventing suicide.
20	(2) MEMBERSHIP.-The Suicide Prevention Coordinating
21	Council shall consist of 28 voting members.
22	(a) Fourteen members shall be appointed by the director of
23	the Office of Drug Control and shall represent the following
24	organizations:
25	1. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Corporation
26	described in s. 394.655.
27	2. The Florida Association of School Psychologists.
28	3. The Florida Sheriffs Association.
29	4. The Suicide Prevention Action Network USA.
30	5. The Florida Initiative of Suicide Prevention.
31	6. The Florida Suicide Prevention Coalition.
32	7. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
33	Alzheimer's Association.
34	8. The Florida School Board Association.
35	9. The National Council for Suicide Prevention Volunteer
36	Florida.
37	10. The state chapter of AARP.
38	11. The Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association.
39	12. The Florida Council for Community Mental Health.
40	13. The Florida Counseling Association.
41	14. NAMI Florida.
42	Section 2. Subsection (7) is added to section 1006.07,
43	Florida Statutes, to read:
44	1006.07 District school board duties relating to student
45	discipline and school safety.-The district school board shall
46	provide for the proper accounting for all students, for the
47	attendance and control of students at school, and for proper
48	attention to health, safety, and other matters relating to the
49	welfare of students, including:
50	(7) SUICIDE PREVENTION EDUCATION.-Beginning with the 2010-
51	2011 school year, provide access to suicide prevention
52	educational resources, as approved by the Statewide Office of
53	Suicide Prevention, to all instructional and administrative
54	personnel as part of the school district professional
55	development system under s. 1012.98.
56	Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.

CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.