An Act concerning student suicide prevention and supplementing chapter 6 and chapter 3B of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
C.18A:6-113.1 Middle school, high school student identification cards with New Jersey Suicide Prevention Hopeline contact information.
1. A public school that includes any of the grades seven through 12 and that issues student identification cards shall have printed on the back of the student identification cards the telephone number for the New Jersey Suicide Prevention Hopeline (NJ Hopeline) and contact information for a crisis text line.
C.18A:3B-73.1 Higher education student identification cards with New Jersey Suicide Prevention Hopeline contact information.
2. An institution of higher education that issues student identification cards shall have printed on the back of the student identification cards the telephone number for the New Jersey Suicide Prevention Hopeline (NJ Hopeline) and contact information for a crisis text line.
C.18A:3B-73.2 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, provision of contact information.
3. A public school that includes any of the grades seven through 12 and that issues student identification cards, and an institution of higher education that issues student identification cards, may, in addition to the telephone number for the NJ Hopeline and contact information for a crisis text line, provide contact information for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, an on-campus crisis center, or any other mental health support service.
4. This act shall take effect in the first full school year or in the first full academic year, as applicable, following the date of enactment.
Approved November 8, 2021.