STATE OF NEW JERSEY
219th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2020 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator RICHARD J. CODEY
District 27 (Essex and Morris)
Senator JOSEPH PENNACCHIO
District 26 (Essex, Morris and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senators Corrado, Pou and Gopal
SYNOPSIS
Requires certain student identification cards to contain telephone number for suicide prevention hotline.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Higher Education Committee with technical review.
An Act concerning student suicide prevention and supplementing chapter 6 and chapter 3B of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. A public school that includes any of the grades seven through 12 and that issues student identification cards shall have printed on the back of the student identification cards the telephone number for a suicide prevention hotline.
2. An institution of higher education that issues student identification cards shall have printed on the back of the student identification cards the telephone number for a suicide prevention hotline.
3. Section 1 of this act shall take effect in the first full school year following the date of enactment, and section 2 of this act shall take effect in the first full academic year following the date of enactment.