APPROVED CHAPTER
MARCH 25, 2024 561
BY GOVERNOR PUBLIC LAW
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE
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H.P. 811 - L.D. 1263
An Act to Require Certain School Identification Cards to Include the
Telephone Number of a Suicide and Crisis Hotline
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §13 is enacted to read:
§13. Suicide and crisis hotline
1. Secondary student identification cards. A school administrative unit that issues
identification cards to secondary students enrolled in the school administrative unit shall
ensure that identification cards issued to secondary students contain the 988 telephone
number for the national suicide and crisis hotline.
2. Postsecondary student identification cards. A public postsecondary educational
institution in the State that issues identification cards to students enrolled in the public
postsecondary educational institution shall ensure that identification cards contain the 988
telephone number for the national suicide and crisis hotline.
3. Student-facing locations. In addition to the requirements in subsection 1 or 2, when
applicable, a school administrative unit or public postsecondary educational institution
shall place the 988 telephone number for the national suicide and crisis hotline in at least
one location regularly accessed by students, including, but not limited to, a sticker on
school-issued electronic devices or on the home page of an online student portal.
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