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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 339 FILED ON: 1/8/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 699 |
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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 | | Danillo A. Sena |
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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 bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act to strengthen suicide prevention in schools. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Danillo A. Sena37th Middlesex1/8/2025Patrick Joseph Kearney4th Plymouth2/14/2025Marcus S. Vaughn9th Norfolk2/18/2025James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester2/27/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 339 FILED ON: 1/8/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 699 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Sena of Acton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 699) of Danillo A. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Sena and others for legislation to strengthen suicide prevention in schools. Education. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 575 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act to strengthen suicide prevention in schools. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 95 of chapter 71 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 29, the words "3 years" and inserting |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3in place thereof the word “year”. |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4 SECTION 2. Section 95 of chapter 71 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 30, the words "6 months" and |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6inserting in place thereof the words “60 days”. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7 SECTION 3. Section 95 of chapter 71 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:— |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9 The department, subject to appropriation, shall adopt rules to require that all public |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10school districts and commonwealth charter schools adopt a policy to identify and develop 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11partnerships with community organizations and agencies for referring students to health, mental |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12health, substance use and social support services. |
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