Senators Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) introduced the Raising Awareness for Youth Suicide Prevention (RAYS) Act, which would require middle and high schools to include the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline and relevant suicide prevention information on student IDs.
I will require middle and high schools to include the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline and relevant suicide prevention information on student IDs.
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Evidence
Action: Mr. Banks (for himself, Ms. Smith, Mrs. Capito, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Duckworth, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Booker, and Mr. Wyden) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Full title: To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require local educational agencies to include mental health and suicide prevention information on student identification cards, and for other purposes.
Today, Senators Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) introduced the Raising Awareness for Youth Suicide Prevention (RAYS) Act, which would require middle and high schools to include the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline and relevant suicide prevention information on student IDs.
Assessments
Banks introduced and publicly backed the RAYS Act in the 119th Congress to require middle and high schools to include the 988 Lifeline and suicide-prevention information on student IDs. That is a serious legislative attempt and closely matches the promised policy, but the evidence shows only introduction and committee referral, not enactment or implementation. Because the promised requirement has not been delivered, the outcome is not fulfilled, with effort credit for the bill introduction during the same Senate term.