Florida Senate - 2010                       CS for CS for SB 434
       
       
       
       By the Committees on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; and
       Education Pre-K - 12; and Senators Sobel, Fasano, Storms,
       Wilson, and Dean
       
       
       586-03766-10                                           2010434c2
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to suicide prevention education;
    3         amending s. 14.20195, F.S.; deleting references to
    4         inactive organizations represented by members of the
    5         Suicide Prevention Coordinating Council and replacing
    6         with active organizations; amending s. 1006.07, F.S.;
    7         requiring that district school boards provide access
    8         to suicide prevention educational resources to all
    9         instructional and administrative personnel as part of
   10         the school district professional development system;
   11         providing an effective date.
   12  
   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   14  
   15         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
   16  14.20195, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   17         14.20195 Suicide Prevention Coordinating Council; creation;
   18  membership; duties.—There is created within the Statewide Office
   19  for Suicide Prevention a Suicide Prevention Coordinating
   20  Council. The council shall develop strategies for preventing
   21  suicide.
   22         (2) MEMBERSHIP.—The Suicide Prevention Coordinating Council
   23  shall consist of 28 voting members.
   24         (a) Fourteen members shall be appointed by the director of
   25  the Office of Drug Control and shall represent the following
   26  organizations:
   27         1. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Corporation
   28  described in s. 394.655.
   29         2. The Florida Association of School Psychologists.
   30         3. The Florida Sheriffs Association.
   31         4. The Suicide Prevention Action Network USA.
   32         5. The Florida Initiative of Suicide Prevention.
   33         6. The Florida Suicide Prevention Coalition.
   34         7. The American Foundation of Suicide Prevention
   35  Alzheimer’s Association.
   36         8. The Florida School Board Association.
   37         9. The National Council for Suicide Prevention Volunteer
   38  Florida.
   39         10. The state chapter of AARP.
   40         11. The Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association.
   41         12. The Florida Council for Community Mental Health.
   42         13. The Florida Counseling Association.
   43         14. NAMI Florida.
   44         Section 2. Subsection (7) is added to section 1006.07,
   45  Florida Statutes, to read:
   46         1006.07 District school board duties relating to student
   47  discipline and school safety.—The district school board shall
   48  provide for the proper accounting for all students, for the
   49  attendance and control of students at school, and for proper
   50  attention to health, safety, and other matters relating to the
   51  welfare of students, including:
   52         (7) SUICIDE PREVENTION EDUCATION.—Beginning with the 2010
   53  2011 school year, provide access to suicide prevention
   54  educational resources, as approved by the Statewide Office of
   55  Suicide Prevention, to all instructional and administrative
   56  personnel as part of the school district professional
   57  development system under s. 1012.98.
   58         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.