Amendments for HB19-1120
House Journal, March 1
25 HB19-1120 be amended as follows, and as so amended, be referred to
26 the Committee on Appropriations with favorable
27 recommendation:
28
29 Amend printed bill, strike everything below the enacting clause and
30 substitute:
31 "SECTION 1. Legislative declaration. (1) The general
32 assembly finds that:
33 (a) The federal centers for disease control and prevention found
34 suicide to be the tenth leading cause of death for all ages in 2017 and is
35 currently the leading cause of death for Colorado youth who are ten
36 through fourteen years of age;
37 (b) According to the Colorado Health Institute, Colorado has the
38 tenth highest suicide rate in the nation, and rates of suicide in the eastern
39 plains of Colorado doubled from 2016 to 2017;
40 (c) According to the national institute of mental health,
41 approximately twenty-one-point-four percent of youth who are eight
42 through fifteen years of age experience a severe mental health disorder;
43 (d) According to the American Association of Suicidology, the
44 suicide rate for youth who are ten through fourteen years of age has
45 increased by more than fifty percent over the past three decades; and
46 (e) Youth who are ten through fourteen years of age often avoid
47 obtaining, or are legally unable to obtain without parental consent,
48 outpatient psychotherapy services that would help them prior to reaching
49 crisis levels because they are embarrassed or concerned about speaking
50 with their parent or legal guardian about their mental health concerns and
51 situations.
52 (2) The general assembly therefore declares that it is a matter of
53 statewide concern to allow youth who are twelve years of age or older to
54 have legal access to outpatient psychotherapy services that might
55 otherwise be unavailable without the consent of or notification to the
1 youth's parent or legal guardian. Providing these youth with access to
2 outpatient psychotherapy services is intended to reduce youth suicides and
3 allow registered psychotherapists and licensed social workers to work
4 with youth to teach them functional coping skills. Mental health
5 professionals would have further opportunity to help these youth build
6 healthy connections with parents or legal guardians by increasing
7 communication and strengthening the bond between parent and child,
8 thus building an ongoing nonclinical support system for youth to use to
9 manage their mental health concerns.
10 SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 12-43-201, amend
11 (9)(a) as follows:
12 12-43-201. Definitions. As used in this article 43, unless the
13 context otherwise requires:
14 (9) (a) "Psychotherapy", OR "PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICES", means
15 the treatment, diagnosis, testing, assessment, or counseling in a
16 professional relationship to assist individuals or groups to alleviate
17 behavioral and mental health disorders; understand unconscious or
18 conscious motivation; resolve emotional, relationship, or attitudinal
19 conflicts; or modify behaviors that interfere with effective emotional,
20 social, or intellectual functioning. Psychotherapy follows a planned
21 procedure of intervention that takes place on a regular basis, over a period
22 of time, or in the cases of testing, assessment, and brief psychotherapy,
23 psychotherapy can be a single intervention.
24 SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 12-43-202.5 as
25 follows:
26 12-43-202.5. Minors - consent for outpatient psychotherapy
27 services - immunity - definition. (1) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, UNLESS
28 THE CONTEXT OTHERWISE REQUIRES, "MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL"
102 29 INCLUDES A PROFESSIONAL PERSON AS DEFINED IN SECTION 27-65-
30 (17); A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL LICENSED PURSUANT TO PART 3,
31 4, 5, 6, OR 8 OF THIS ARTICLE 43; OR A SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER LICENSED
32 BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
33 (2) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, A MENTAL
34 HEALTH PROFESSIONAL DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (1) OF THIS SECTION
35 MAY PROVIDE PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICES, AS DEFINED IN SECTION
36 12-43-201 (9)(a), TO A MINOR WHO IS TWELVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER,
37 WITH OR WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE MINOR'S PARENT OR LEGAL
38 GUARDIAN, IF THE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL DETERMINES THAT:
39 (a) THE MINOR IS KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY SEEKING SUCH
40 SERVICES; AND
41 (b) THE PROVISION OF PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICES IS CLINICALLY
42 INDICATED AND NECESSARY TO THE MINOR'S WELL-BEING.
43 (3) (a) THE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL MAY NOTIFY THE
44 MINOR'S PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN OF THE PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICES
45 GIVEN OR NEEDED, WITH THE MINOR'S CONSENT, OR, WITH THE CONSENT
46 OF THE INDIVIDUAL WHO A COURT HAS ORDERED HOLDS THE MINOR'S
47 THERAPEUTIC PRIVILEGE, UNLESS NOTIFYING THE PARENT OR LEGAL
48 GUARDIAN WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE OR DETRIMENTAL TO THE MINOR'S
49 CARE AND TREATMENT.
50 (b) THE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHALL ENGAGE THE
51 MINOR IN A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF INVOLVING AND
52 NOTIFYING THE MINOR'S PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN AND SHALL
53 ENCOURAGE SUCH NOTIFICATION TO HELP SUPPORT THE MINOR'S CARE AND
54 TREATMENT.
55 (c) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (3)(a) OF
1 THIS SECTION, A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL MAY NOTIFY THE MINOR'S
2 PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN OF THE PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICES GIVEN OR
3 NEEDED, WITHOUT THE MINOR'S CONSENT, IF IN THE PROFESSIONAL
4 OPINION OF THE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL, THE MINOR IS UNABLE TO
5 MANAGE THE MINOR'S CARE OR TREATMENT.
6 (4) A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION
7 (1) OF THIS SECTION SHALL FULLY DOCUMENT WHEN THE MENTAL HEALTH
8 PROFESSIONAL ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT OR NOTIFY THE MINOR'S PARENT OR
9 LEGAL GUARDIAN, AND WHETHER THE ATTEMPT WAS SUCCESSFUL OR
10 UNSUCCESSFUL, OR THE REASON WHY, IN THE MENTAL HEALTH
11 PROFESSIONAL'S OPINION, IT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE TO CONTACT OR
12 NOTIFY THE MINOR'S PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN. DOCUMENTATION
13 MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE MINOR'S CLINICAL RECORD, ALONG WITH A
14 WRITTEN STATEMENT SIGNED BY THE MINOR INDICATING THAT THE MINOR
15 IS VOLUNTARILY SEEKING PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICES.
16 (5) PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICES MUST BE PROVIDED IN A
17 CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE MANNER. WRITTEN AND ORAL INSTRUCTION,
18 TRAINING OF PROVIDERS AND STAFF, AND THE OVERALL PROVISION OF
19 SERVICES MUST BE CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE AND PROVIDED IN A
20 MANNER AND FORMAT TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH
21 PROFICIENCY OR CHALLENGES WITH ACCESSIBILITY RELATED TO A
22 DISABILITY AND WITH RESPECT FOR DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS, INCLUDING
23 INDIVIDUALS WITH DIFFERENT CULTURAL ORIGINS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO
24 ARE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, OR TRANSGENDER.
25 (6) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICES DO NOT
26 INCLUDE INPATIENT PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICES. PSYCHOTROPIC
27 MEDICATION MAY NOT BE PRESCRIBED TO A MINOR WHO IS FOURTEEN
28 YEARS OF AGE OR YOUNGER WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT.
29 (7) IF A MINOR WHO IS RECEIVING PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICES
30 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION COMMUNICATES A CLEAR AND IMMINENT
31 INTENT OR THREAT TO INFLICT SERIOUS BODILY HARM ON THEMSELVES OR
32 OTHERS, THE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION
33 (1) OF THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO THE NOTIFICATION PROVISIONS OF
34 SECTION 13-21-117 (2).
35 (8) IF A MINOR WHO IS RECEIVING PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICES
36 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION COMMUNICATES AN INTENT TO COMMIT
37 SUICIDE, THE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION
38 (1) OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOTIFY THE MINOR'S PARENT OR LEGAL
39 GUARDIAN OF SUCH SUICIDOLOGY.
40 SECTION 4. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 22-2-127.9 as
41 follows:
42 22-2-127.9. Mental health education literacy - resource bank
43 - technical assistance. (1) THE DEPARTMENT, WITH ASSISTANCE FROM
44 THE OFFICE OF SUICIDE PREVENTION CREATED PURSUANT TO SECTION
45 25-1.5-101 (1)(w)(I), THE COLORADO YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL
46 CREATED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2-2-1302, AND THE SUICIDE PREVENTION
47 COMMISSION CREATED PURSUANT TO SECTION 25-1.5-111, SHALL CREATE
48 AND MAINTAIN A RESOURCE BANK OF EVIDENCE-BASED, RESEARCH-BASED,
49 AND PROMISING PROGRAM MATERIALS AND CURRICULA PERTAINING TO
50 MENTAL HEALTH, WHICH MATERIALS AND CURRICULA MAY BE USED IN
51 ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE STATE. THE RESOURCE
52 BANK AND CURRICULA MUST BE YOUTH-FRIENDLY, CULTURALLY
53 SENSITIVE, AND AVAILABLE IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH. IN CREATING
54 THE RESOURCE BANK AND CURRICULA, THE DEPARTMENT MAY PROVIDE
55 INTERNET LINKS TO RESOURCES AND MATERIALS PERTAINING TO MENTAL
1 HEALTH AVAILABLE FROM OTHER ENTITIES THAT THE DEPARTMENT FINDS
2 RELIABLE. ADDITIONALLY, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL SOLICIT INPUT FROM
3 PERSONS, INCLUDING YOUTH, WITHIN AND OUTSIDE OF THE MENTAL
4 HEALTH PROFESSION, INCLUDING BOTH COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL MENTAL
5 HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. SUBJECT TO AVAILABLE APPROPRIATIONS, THE
6 DEPARTMENT SHALL SOLICIT REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION AND MAY
7 CONTRACT FOR:
8 (a) THE ORGANIZATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE RESOURCE
9 BANK, INCLUDING MATERIALS ON THE PREVENTION OF SUICIDE AND
10 EDUCATION ON MENTAL HEALTH;
11 (b) THE DEVELOPMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH CURRICULA FOR
12 SCHOOLS AND PROVIDING SUCH CURRICULA TO SCHOOLS; AND
13 (c) TRAINING FOR EDUCATORS AND SCHOOL STAFF CONCERNING
14 MENTAL HEALTH.
15 (2) ON AND AFTER JULY 1, 2020, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MAKE
16 MATERIAL IN THE RESOURCE BANK AVAILABLE WITHOUT CHARGE TO
17 SCHOOL DISTRICTS, CHARTER SCHOOLS, INSTITUTE CHARTER SCHOOLS,
18 BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE SERVICES, PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS, PARENTS
19 OR GUARDIANS OF YOUTH, STUDENTS, AND COMMUNITY PROVIDERS. AT
20 THE REQUEST OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT, CHARTER SCHOOL, INSTITUTE
21 CHARTER SCHOOL, OR BOARD OF COOPERATIVE SERVICES, THE
22 DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE SCHOOL
23 DISTRICT, CHARTER SCHOOL, INSTITUTE CHARTER SCHOOL, OR BOARD OF
24 COOPERATIVE SERVICES IN DESIGNING AGE-APPROPRIATE CURRICULA
25 PERTAINING TO MENTAL HEALTH.
26 (3) THE MATERIALS AND RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS
27 MUST BE DEVELOPED AND UPDATED WITH INPUT FROM YOUTH.
28 (4) SCHOOL DISTRICTS, CHARTER SCHOOLS, INSTITUTE CHARTER
29 SCHOOLS, AND BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE SERVICES ARE ENCOURAGED TO
30 REPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE RESOURCE
31 BANK AND CURRICULA AND TO RECOMMEND CHANGES TO IMPROVE THE
32 RESOURCE BANK OR CURRICULA. THE DEPARTMENT IS ENCOURAGED TO
33 UPDATE THE RESOURCE BANK AND CURRICULA BASED ON
34 RECOMMENDATIONS FROM SCHOOL DISTRICTS, CHARTER SCHOOLS,
35 INSTITUTE CHARTER SCHOOLS, BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE SERVICES,
36 PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS, PARENTS OR GUARDIANS OF YOUTH,
37 STUDENTS, AND COMMUNITY PROVIDERS.
38 SECTION 5. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-7-1005, add (2.3)
39 as follows:
40 22-7-1005. Preschool through elementary and secondary
41 education - aligned standards - adoption - revisions. (2.3) ON OR
42 BEFORE JULY 1, 2020, THE STATE BOARD SHALL ADOPT STANDARDS THAT
43 IDENTIFY THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS THAT AN ELEMENTARY THROUGH
44 SECONDARY EDUCATION STUDENT SHOULD ACQUIRE RELATED TO MENTAL
45 HEALTH, INCLUDING SUICIDE PREVENTION. WHEN THE STATE BOARD IS
46 ADOPTING STANDARDS, THE STATE BOARD SHALL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT
47 WHAT LOCAL EDUCATION PROVIDERS ARE CURRENTLY TEACHING WITH
48 REGARD TO MENTAL HEALTH.
49 SECTION 6. In Colorado Revised Statutes, amend as relocated
50 by House Bill 19-1172 12-245-202 (14)(a) as follows:
51 12-245-202. Definitions. As used in this article 245, unless the
52 context otherwise requires:
53 (14) (a) "Psychotherapy" OR "PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICES" means
54 the treatment, diagnosis, testing, assessment, or counseling in a
55 professional relationship to assist individuals or groups to alleviate
1 behavioral and mental health disorders, understand unconscious or
2 conscious motivation, resolve emotional, relationship, or attitudinal
3 conflicts, or modify behaviors that interfere with effective emotional,
4 social, or intellectual functioning. Psychotherapy follows a planned
5 procedure of intervention that takes place on a regular basis, over a period
6 of time, or in the cases of testing, assessment, and brief psychotherapy,
7 psychotherapy can be a single intervention.
245 8 SECTION 7. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add to article
9 as relocated by House Bill 19-1172 12-245-203.5 as follows:
10 12-245-203.5. Minors - consent for outpatient psychotherapy
11 services - immunity - definition. (1) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, UNLESS
12 THE CONTEXT OTHERWISE REQUIRES, "MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL"
102 13 INCLUDES A PROFESSIONAL PERSON AS DEFINED IN SECTION 27-65-
14 (17); A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL LICENSED PURSUANT TO PART 3,
15 4, 5, 6, OR 8 OF THIS ARTICLE 245; OR A SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER LICENSED
16 BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
17 (2) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, A MENTAL
18 HEALTH PROFESSIONAL DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (1) OF THIS SECTION
19 MAY PROVIDE PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICES, AS DEFINED IN SECTION
20 12-245-202 (14)(a), TO A MINOR WHO IS TWELVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER,
21 WITH OR WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE MINOR'S PARENT OR LEGAL
22 GUARDIAN, IF THE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL DETERMINES THAT:
23 (a) THE MINOR IS KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY SEEKING SUCH
24 SERVICES; AND
25 (b) THE PROVISION OF PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICES IS CLINICALLY
26 INDICATED AND NECESSARY TO THE MINOR'S WELL-BEING.
27 (3) (a) THE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL MAY NOTIFY THE
28 MINOR'S PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN OF THE PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICES
29 GIVEN OR NEEDED, WITH THE MINOR'S CONSENT, UNLESS NOTIFYING THE
30 PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE OR DETRIMENTAL
31 TO THE MINOR'S CARE AND TREATMENT.
32 (b) THE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL SHALL ENGAGE THE
33 MINOR IN A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF INVOLVING AND
34 NOTIFYING THE MINOR'S PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN AND SHALL
35 ENCOURAGE SUCH NOTIFICATION TO HELP SUPPORT THE MINOR'S CARE AND
36 TREATMENT.
37 (c) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (3)(a) OF
38 THIS SECTION, A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL MAY NOTIFY THE MINOR'S
39 PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN OF THE PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICES GIVEN OR
40 NEEDED, WITHOUT THE MINOR'S CONSENT, IF IN THE PROFESSIONAL
41 OPINION OF THE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL, THE MINOR IS UNABLE TO
42 MANAGE THE MINOR'S CARE OR TREATMENT.
43 (4) A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION
44 (1) OF THIS SECTION SHALL FULLY DOCUMENT WHEN THE MENTAL HEALTH
45 PROFESSIONAL ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT OR NOTIFY THE MINOR'S PARENT OR
46 LEGAL GUARDIAN, AND WHETHER THE ATTEMPT WAS SUCCESSFUL OR
47 UNSUCCESSFUL, OR THE REASON WHY, IN THE MENTAL HEALTH
48 PROFESSIONAL'S OPINION, IT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE TO CONTACT OR
49 NOTIFY THE MINOR'S PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN. DOCUMENTATION
50 MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE MINOR'S CLINICAL RECORD, ALONG WITH A
51 WRITTEN STATEMENT SIGNED BY THE MINOR INDICATING THAT THE MINOR
52 IS VOLUNTARILY SEEKING PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICES.
53 (5) PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICES MUST BE PROVIDED IN A
54 CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE MANNER. WRITTEN AND ORAL INSTRUCTION,
55 TRAINING OF PROVIDERS AND STAFF, AND THE OVERALL PROVISION OF
1 SERVICES MUST BE CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE AND PROVIDED IN A
2 MANNER AND FORMAT TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH
3 PROFICIENCY OR CHALLENGES WITH ACCESSIBILITY RELATED TO A
4 DISABILITY AND WITH RESPECT FOR DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS, INCLUDING
5 INDIVIDUALS WITH DIFFERENT CULTURAL ORIGINS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO
6 ARE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, OR TRANSGENDER.
7 (6) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICES DO NOT
8 INCLUDE INPATIENT PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICES. PSYCHOTROPIC
9 MEDICATION MAY NOT BE PRESCRIBED TO A MINOR WHO IS FOURTEEN
10 YEARS OF AGE OR YOUNGER WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT.
11 (7) IF A MINOR WHO IS RECEIVING PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICES
12 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION COMMUNICATES A CLEAR AND IMMINENT
13 INTENT OR THREAT TO INFLICT SERIOUS BODILY HARM ON THEMSELVES OR
14 OTHERS, THE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION
15 (1) OF THIS SECTION IS SUBJECT TO THE NOTIFICATION PROVISIONS OF
16 SECTION 13-21-117 (2).
17 (8) IF A MINOR WHO IS RECEIVING PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICES
18 PURSUANT TO SUBSECTIONS (2) AND (3) OF THIS SECTION COMMUNICATES
19 AN INTENT TO COMMIT SUICIDE, THE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL
20 DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (1) OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOTIFY THE
21 MINOR'S PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN OF SUCH SUICIDOLOGY.
22 SECTION 8. Effective date. This act takes effect upon passage;
23 except that sections 6 and 7 of this act take effect only if House Bill
24 19-1172 becomes law, in which case sections 6 and 7 take effect on
25 October 1, 2019.
26 SECTION 9. Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds,
27 determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
28 preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.".
29
30
House Journal, April 12
38 HB19-1120 be amended as follows, and as so amended, be referred to
39 the Committee of the Whole with favorable
40 recommendation:
41
42 Amend the Public Health Care & Human Services Committee Report,
43 dated March 1, 2019, page 7, after line 39 insert:
44
45 "SECTION 8. Appropriation. For the 2019-20 state fiscal year,
46 $116,550 is appropriated to the department of education. This
47 appropriation is from the general fund and is based on an assumption that
48 the department will require an additional 0.9 FTE. To implement this act,
49 the department may use this appropriation for mental health education
50 resource bank and technical assistance.".
51
52 Renumber succeeding sections accordingly.
53
54 Page 8 of the report, after line 5 insert: "Page 1, line 101, strike
55 "SUICIDE." and substitute "SUICIDE, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH,
56 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.".".
Senate Journal, April 22
After consideration on the merits, the Committee recommends that HB19-1120 be
amended as follows, and as so amended, be referred to the Committee on Appropriations
with favorable recommendation.
Amend reengrossed bill, page 6, line 17, strike "SUICIDOLOGY." and
substitute "SUICIDAL IDEATION.".
Judiciary
Senate Journal, April 30
HB19-1120 by Representative(s) Michaelson Jenet and Roberts; also Senator(s) Fenberg and Coram--
Concerning multiple approaches to prevent youth suicide, and, in connection therewith,
making an appropriation.
Amendment No. 1, State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Committee Amendment.
(Printed in Senate Journal, April 22, page 998 and placed in members' bill files.)
Amendment No. 2(L.028), by Senator Fenberg.
Amend reengrossed bill, page 6, line 4, strike "PSYCHOTROPIC".
Page 6, strike lines 5 and 6.
Amendment No. 3(L.029), by Senator Fenberg.
Amend reengrossed bill, page 4, line 8, after "43;" insert "A LICENSED
PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR CANDIDATE; A PSYCHOLOGIST CANDIDATE;".
Page 9, line 22, after "245;" insert "A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL
COUNSELOR CANDIDATE; A PSYCHOLOGIST CANDIDATE;".
Page 12, line 2, strike "SUICIDOLOGY." and substitute "SUICIDAL
IDEATION.".
As amended, ordered revised and placed on the calendar for third reading and final
passage.
Senate Journal, May 2
HB19-1120 by Representative(s) Michaelson Jenet and Roberts; also Senator(s) Fenberg and Coram--
Concerning multiple approaches to prevent youth suicide, and, in connection therewith,
making an appropriation.
A majority of those elected to the Senate having voted in the affirmative, Majority Leader
Fenberg was given permission to offer a third reading amendment.
Third Reading Amendment No. 1(L.032), by Senator Fenberg.
Amend revised bill, page 11, line 16, strike "PSYCHOTROPIC".
Page 11, strike lines 17 and 18.
The amendment was passed on the following roll call vote:
YES 35 NO 0 EXCUSED 0 ABSENT 0
Bridges Y Foote Y Marble Y Story Y
Cooke Y Gardner Y Moreno Y Tate Y
Coram Y Ginal Y Pettersen Y Todd Y
Court Y Gonzales Y Priola Y Williams A. Y
Crowder Y Hill Y Rankin Y Winter Y
Danielson Y Hisey Y Rodriguez Y Woodward Y
Donovan Y Holbert Y Scott Y Zenzinger Y
Fenberg Y Lee Y Smallwood Y President Y
Fields Y Lundeen Y Sonnenberg Y
The question being "Shall the bill, as amended, pass?", the roll call was taken with the
following result:
YES 21 NO 14 EXCUSED 0 ABSENT 0
Bridges Y Foote Y Marble N Story Y
Cooke N Gardner N Moreno Y Tate Y
Coram N Ginal Y Pettersen Y Todd Y
Court Y Gonzales Y Priola N Williams A. Y
Crowder Y Hill N Rankin N Winter Y
Danielson Y Hisey N Rodriguez Y Woodward N
Donovan Y Holbert N Scott N Zenzinger Y
Fenberg Y Lee Y Smallwood N President Y
Fields Y Lundeen N Sonnenberg N