| 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. |