memo<\/a>. <\/p>\nVideo above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today. <\/p>\n
State Rep. David Delloso, a Democrat representing Delaware County, said the measure would ensure students have immediate access to crisis resources that can help and support them. <\/p>\n
Under the proposal, student ID cards would be required to display a national, state or local suicide prevention hotline number, such as 988, the nationwide Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. <\/p>\n
The 988 Lifeline connects callers, texters and online chat users with trained crisis counselors. <\/p>\n
Suicide ranks second in youth deaths<\/p>\n
Delloso cited data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that says suicide is the second-leading cause of death among people ages 10 to 24. <\/p>\n
According to Delloso, 20% of U.S. high school students surveyed in 2023 reported seriously considering suicide during the previous 12 months. <\/p>\n
“By raising awareness and providing resources directly to students, we can better support their mental health and help prevent the worst from occurring,” Delloso said. <\/p>\n
Similar legislation passed in other states <\/p>\n
According to the memo, similar legislation has been passed in Michigan and New Hampshire in recent years. <\/p>\n
This proposal has not yet been submitted for introduction. <\/p>\n
Resources Call 911: If someone is in immediate danger, call 911.Call 988: Get connected to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline by dialing 988.Crisis Text Line: Get 24\/7 help from the Crisis Text Line. Text PA to 741741 to start the conversation.PA Crisis Hotlines: Find a crisis line in your county. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania bill would require hotline on student IDs as suicide ranks second in youth deaths, proposal says A…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263956,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-263955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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