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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 784 FILED ON: 1/17/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 493 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Patricia A. Haddad |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying |
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| 12 | 12 | | resolve: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Resolve providing for an investigation and study by a special commission relative to child |
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| 14 | 14 | | suicide. |
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| 15 | 15 | | _______________ |
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| 16 | 16 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 17 | 17 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Patricia A. Haddad5th Bristol1/17/2023Alan Silvia7th Bristol2/2/2023Michelle M. DuBois10th Plymouth2/7/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 784 FILED ON: 1/17/2023 |
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| 19 | 19 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 493 |
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| 20 | 20 | | By Representative Haddad of Somerset, a petition (accompanied by resolve, House, No. 493) of |
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| 21 | 21 | | Patricia A. Haddad, Alan Silvia and Michelle M. DuBois for an investigation by a special |
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| 22 | 22 | | commission (including members of the General Court) relative to child suicide. Education. |
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| 23 | 23 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 24 | 24 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 609 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 25 | 25 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 29 | 29 | | _______________ |
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| 30 | 30 | | Resolve providing for an investigation and study by a special commission relative to child |
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| 31 | 31 | | suicide. |
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| 32 | 32 | | 1 Resolved, that a special commission is hereby established for the purpose of making an |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2investigation and study relative to strategies for suicide prevention and the resources necessary to |
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| 34 | 34 | | 3assist elementary and secondary schools in identifying and assisting children at risk. The special |
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| 35 | 35 | | 4commission shall consist of 11 members: 3 members of the senate, 1 of whom shall be a member |
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| 36 | 36 | | 5of the joint committee on education, 1 of whom shall be a member of the joint committee on |
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| 37 | 37 | | 6mental health and substance abuse, 1 of whom shall be a member of the senate, provided, |
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| 38 | 38 | | 7however, that 1 member of the senate shall be designated by the senate president as co-chair of |
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| 39 | 39 | | 8the commission; 3 members of the house of representatives, 1 of whom shall be a member of the |
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| 40 | 40 | | 9joint committee on education, 1 of whom shall be a member of the joint committee on mental |
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| 41 | 41 | | 10health, 1 of whom shall be a member of the house of representatives; provided, however, that 1 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 11member of the house of representatives shall be designated by the speaker of the house as co- 2 of 2 |
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| 43 | 43 | | 12chair of the commission; 1 of whom shall be the commissioner of elementary and secondary |
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| 44 | 44 | | 13education, or the commissioner’s designee; 1 of whom shall be the commissioner of mental |
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| 45 | 45 | | 14health, or the commissioner’s designee; and 3 members to be appointed by the governor, 1 of |
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| 46 | 46 | | 15whom shall be a superintendent who shall be selected from a group of 3 nominees to be |
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| 47 | 47 | | 16submitted by the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents, 1 of whom shall be a |
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| 48 | 48 | | 17member of the mental health advisory council established under section 11 chapter 19 of the |
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| 49 | 49 | | 18General Laws, and 1 of whom shall be an advocate for pediatric early childhood mental health. |
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| 50 | 50 | | 19The commission shall report to the general court the results of its investigation and study and its |
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| 51 | 51 | | 20recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry out such |
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| 52 | 52 | | 21recommendations, by filing the same with the clerks of the senate and the house and who shall |
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| 53 | 53 | | 22forward the same to the chairs of the joint committee on education and the chairs of the joint |
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| 54 | 54 | | 23committee on mental health and substance abuse and the chairs of the joint committee on |
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| 55 | 55 | | 24children, families and persons with disabilities and the chairs of the house and senate committees |
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| 56 | 56 | | 25on ways and means on or before December 31, 2023. |
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