SENATE DOCKET, NO. 298        FILED ON: 1/27/2021

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1266

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Joanne M. Comerford

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act supporting student mental health.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Joanne M. Comerford

Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester

 

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

2/1/2021

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

2/1/2021

Barry R. Finegold

Second Essex and Middlesex

2/1/2021

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

2/8/2021

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

2/9/2021

Hannah Kane

11th Worcester

2/17/2021

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

4/4/2021

Brendan P. Crighton

Third Essex

5/27/2021

Paul R. Feeney

Bristol and Norfolk

10/4/2021


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 298        FILED ON: 1/27/2021

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1266

By Ms. Comerford, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1266) of Joanne M. Comerford, Jack Patrick Lewis, Brian W. Murray, Barry R. Finegold and other members of the General Court for legislation to add a suicide prevention hotline number on student identification cards.  Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 250 OF 2019-2020.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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An Act supporting student mental health.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Chapter 71 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 37R the following section:-

Section 37S. (a) Commencing August 1, 2022, a public school, including a charter school, that serves students in any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, that issues student identification cards shall include on the student identification cards the telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Crisis Text Line, and the school’s campus police or security telephone number or, if the school does not have a campus police or security telephone number, the local nonemergency telephone number.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), if, as of August 1, 2023, a school subject to the requirements of subsection (a) has a supply of unissued student identification cards that do not comply with the requirement in subsection (a), the school shall issue those student identification cards to students until that supply is depleted.

(c) Subsection (a) shall apply to a student identification card issued to a new student and to a student identification card issued to replace a student’s damaged or lost student identification card at the request of that student.

SECTION 2. Chapter 73 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 20 the following section:-

Section 21. (a) Commencing August 1, 2022, a public or private institution of higher education that issues student identification cards shall include on the student identification cards the telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Crisis Text Line, and the school’s campus police or security telephone number or, if the school does not have a campus police or security telephone number, the local nonemergency telephone number.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), if, as of August 1, 2023, a state university or community college subject to the requirements of subsection (a) has a supply of unissued student identification cards that do not comply with the requirement in subsection (a), the school shall issue those student identification cards to students until that supply is depleted.

(c) Subsection (a) shall apply for a student identification card issued to a new student and for a student identification card issued to replace a student’s damaged or lost student identification card at the request of that student.