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SB 1430 Higher educational institutions; student-death-related crisis.

Introduced by: Bryce E. Reeves (by request) | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Higher education; student mental health; services after a student suicide. Requires baccalaureate public institutions of higher education to develop and implement policies that ensure that after a student suicide, affected students have access to reasonable medical and behavioral health services, including postvention services. The bill defines postvention services as services designed to facilitate the grieving or adjustment process, stabilize the environment, reduce the risk of negative behaviors, and prevent suicide contagion.

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Higher education; student mental health; services after a student suicide. Requires that policies developed and implemented by public institutions of higher education regarding suicide prevention ensure that after a student suicide affected students have access to appropriate medical and behavioral health services, including postvention services. The bill defines postvention services as services designed to facilitate the grieving or adjustment process, stabilize the environment, reduce the risk of negative behaviors, and prevent suicide contagion.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Higher education; student mental health; post-crisis services. Requires that policies developed and implemented by public institutions of higher education regarding suicide prevention ensure that after a student-death-related crisis affected students have access to appropriate medical and behavioral health services, including postvention services. The bill defines postvention services as services designed to facilitate the grieving or adjustment process, stabilize the environment, reduce the risk of negative behaviors, and prevent suicide contagion. The bill requires the Council of Higher Education for Virginia to develop guidelines regarding such policies and to review the policy of each public institution of higher education at least once every four years.