[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3552 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3552

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require 
that teachers, principals, counselors, and other school leaders receive 
            youth suicide awareness and prevention training.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 28, 2017

Mr. Cleaver (for himself and Mr. Yoder) introduced the following bill; 
   which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require 
that teachers, principals, counselors, and other school leaders receive 
            youth suicide awareness and prevention training.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Cady Housh and Jason Flatt Teen 
Suicide Prevention Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Since 2010, suicide has been the second leading cause 
        of death for young people ages 10-24 with more than 100 young 
        people lost each week.
            (2) According to the 2013 Centers for Disease Control and 
        Prevention Youth Risk Behaviors Survey, 17 percent of high 
        school students reported seriously considering suicide during 
        the last year of high school and about 8 percent of high school 
        students attempt suicide during that period.
            (3) 80 percent of students show warning signs before 
        attempting suicide.

SEC. 3. SUICIDE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION TRAINING.

    (a) In General.--Subpart 2 of part F of title VIII of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 8549D. SUICIDE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION TRAINING.

    ``(a) In General.--Each State receiving funds under this Act shall 
establish and implement a statewide policy that school leaders, 
counselors, teachers, paraprofessionals, and other staff shall complete 
at least one hour of youth suicide awareness and prevention training 
each school year.
    ``(b) Youth Suicide Awareness and Prevention Training Defined.--In 
this section, the term `youth suicide awareness and prevention 
training' includes self or in-person review of materials--
            ``(1) the State determines appropriate; and
            ``(2) that include--
                    ``(A) the warning signs of, and elevate risk 
                factors for, suicide;
                    ``(B) suggested responses to such warning signs; 
                and
                    ``(C) further suicide awareness and prevention 
                resources.
    ``(c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to preempt any State law to the extent that such State law 
imposes a more extensive requirement for youth suicide awareness and 
prevention training in such State.''.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) youth suicide awareness and prevention training 
        materials should be available to all school teachers, 
        principals, and other school leaders;
            (2) each local educational agency should adopt a policy 
        with respect to youth suicide awareness and prevention; and
            (3) the Secretary of Education should collaborate with the 
        Secretary of Health and Human Services to publically display 
        and distribute information and resources on teen suicide 
        prevention.
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