Commissioner of health authorized to award grants for peer-to-peer suicide prevention programs and programs to train high school students as peer mentors.

Summary

The bill authorizes the state commissioner of health to award grants to school districts, charter schools, contract alternative schools and nonprofit groups to run research‑based peer‑to‑peer suicide prevention programs for students in grades 9‑12 and to train those students as peer mentors. It adds a new statutory subdivision that sets program standards and permits collaboration with other schools or community partners. The measure aims to expand evidence‑based suicide education and early‑intervention resources for high‑school students.

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