STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 1616

with Assembly Floor Amendments

(Proposed by Assemblywoman LAMPITT)

ADOPTED: MARCH 1, 2021

      These floor amendments provide that, in addition to the telephone number for the New Jersey Suicide Prevention Hopeline (NJ Hopeline), a public school that includes any of the grades seven through 12 that issues student identification cards, and an institution of higher education that issues student identification cards:

· is required to provide the contact information for a crisis text line; and

· may, in addition to the NJ Hopeline, provide contact information for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, an on-campus crisis center, or any other mental health support service.