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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6111
January Session, 2021
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING
PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) The Youth Suicide 1
Advisory Board, established pursuant to section 17a-52 of the general 2
statutes, and the Office of the Child Advocate, shall jointly administer 3
an evidence-based youth suicide prevention training program in each 4
district department of health formed pursuant to section 19a-241 of the 5
general statutes. The training program shall provide certification in QPR 6
Institute Gatekeeper Training, utilizing a training model that will enable 7
participants to provide QPR Institute Gatekeeper Training to other 8
individuals upon completion of the training program. Such training 9
program shall be offered not later than July 1, 2022, and at least once 10
every three years thereafter. 11
(b) The director of health for each district department of health shall 12
determine the eligibility criteria for participation in the youth suicide 13
prevention training program. Participants shall be members of the 14
following groups within such district: (1) Employees of such health 15
department, (2) employees of youth service bureaus, (3) school 16
employees, as defined in section 10-222d of the general statutes, (4) 17
employees and volunteers of youth-serving organizations, (5) 18 Substitute Bill No. 6111
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employees and volunteers of operators of youth athletic activities, as 19
defined in section 21a-432 of the general statutes, (6) employees of 20
municipal social service agencies, (7) members of paid municipal or 21
volunteer fire departments, and (8) members of local police 22
departments. With respect to school employees, such training program 23
may be included as part of an in-service training program provided 24
pursuant to section 10-220a of the general statutes. 25
(c) Any individual who has received certification in QPR Institute 26
Gatekeeper Training through the training program administered 27
pursuant to subsection (a) of this section may, during the period in 28
which such certification is valid, provide QPR Institute Gatekeeper 29
Training to any member of a group described in subdivisions (1) to (8), 30
inclusive, of subsection (b) of this section and members of the public. 31
(d) The Youth Suicide Advisory Board and the Office of the Child 32
Advocate may contract with a nongovernmental entity that provides 33
evidence-based suicide prevention training to carry out the provisions 34
of this section. 35
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2021 New section
KID Joint Favorable Subst.