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STATE OF WYOMING
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0138
Suicide prevention.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Newsome, Harshman, Sherwood and Sommers and Senator(s) Gierau
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to education; requiring suicide prevention
2 education; and providing for an effective date.
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4 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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6 Section 1. W.S. 21-9-105 is created to read:
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8 21-9-105. Suicide prevention instruction.
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10 A school district shall provide suicide prevention programs
11 to students. A school district shall provide programs under
12 this subsection in any appropriate manner, which may
13 include age appropriate, evidence based programs on suicide
14 prevention provided that the programs shall be consistent
15 with the suicide prevention education materials provided
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1 under W.S. 21-2-202(a)(xxxv) and the training provided
2 under W.S. 21-3-110(a)(xxxiii).
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4 Section 2. This act is effective July 1, 2023.
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6 (END)
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