Indiana 2025 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1440 Compare Versions

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2	2	Introduced Version
3	3	HOUSE BILL No. 1440
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5	5	DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
6	6	Citations Affected: IC 20-26-5-34.4.
7	7	Synopsis: Suicide prevention materials. Requires each school
8	8	corporation to develop a plan: (1) to notify a child's parents if the child
9	9	is a victim of bullying or if the child expresses suicidal thoughts; and
10	10	(2) to provide the child's parents with certain suicide awareness
11	11	materials and firearms storage materials.
12	12	Effective: July 1, 2025.
13	13	Campbell
14	14	January 21, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.
15	15	2025 IN 1440—LS 6108/DI 143 Introduced
16	16	First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
17	17	PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
18	18	Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
19	19	additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
20	20	Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
21	21	provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the
22	22	word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds
23	23	a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
24	24	Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
25	25	between statutes enacted by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
26	26	HOUSE BILL No. 1440
27	27	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
28	28	education.
29	29	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
30	30	1 SECTION 1. IC 20-26-5-34.4, AS ADDED BY P.L.254-2017,
31	31	2 SECTION 5, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
32	32	3 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 34.4. Each school corporation shall adopt a policy
33	33	4 addressing measures intended to increase child suicide awareness and
34	34	5 prevention. The policy must address the following:
35	35	6 (1) Counseling services for the child and the child's family related
36	36	7 to suicide prevention.
37	37	8 (2) Availability of referral information for crisis intervention to
38	38	9 children, parents, and school corporation staff.
39	39	10 (3) Increasing awareness of the relationship between suicide and
40	40	11 drug and alcohol use.
41	41	12 (4) Training on warning signs and tendencies that may evidence
42	42	13 that a child is considering suicide.
43	43	14 (5) Availability of information concerning suicide prevention
44	44	15 services in the community.
45	45	16 (6) Cooperation among the school corporation and suicide
46	46	17 prevention services in the community.
47	47	2025 IN 1440—LS 6108/DI 143 2
48	48	1 (7) Development of a plan to assist survivors of attempted suicide
49	49	2 and to assist children and school corporation staff in coping with
50	50	3 an attempted suicide or death of a student or school employee.
51	51	4 (8) Development of a plan to notify a child's parents if the
52	52	5 child is a victim of bullying or if the child expresses suicidal
53	53	6 thoughts to a school employee, and to provide the child's
54	54	7 parents with the following:
55	55	8 (A) The suicide awareness and prevention materials and
56	56	9 resources compiled under the policy created by this
57	57	10 section.
58	58	11 (B) The firearms storage best practices and educational
59	59	12 materials described in IC 20-19-3-30.4.
60	60	13 (C) Any other information or resource that is appropriate.
61	61	14 (8) (9) Development of any other program or activity that is
62	62	15 appropriate.
63	63	2025 IN 1440—LS 6108/DI 143