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KRS 158.039

Suicide prevention awareness information and lessons

Known as the Nicole Hadley, Jessica James, and Kayce Steger Act

The act spans §§ 158–158 (270 sections).

Effective: June 27, 2025 History: Created 2025 Ky

(1) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall post on its website high-quality, evidence-based suicide prevention awareness information, which shall include information on recognizing the warning signs of a suicide crisis. The website shall include information related to suicide prevention training opportunities offered by the cabinet or an agency recognized by the cabinet as a training provider.

(2) Every public school and public charter school shall provide two (2) high quality, evidence-based suicide prevention awareness lessons each school year, the first by September 15 and the second by January 15, either in person, by live streaming, or via a video recording to all students in grades six (6) through twelve (12). Every public school shall provide an opportunity for any student absent on the day the high quality, evidence-based suicide prevention awareness lesson was initially presented to receive the lesson at a later time. The information may be obtained from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or from a commercially developed suicide prevention training program.

Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.