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Committee advances bill allowing suicide‑hotline follow‑up calls to minors without parental consent amid push for notification amendment
Summary
The Assembly committee released Assembly Bill 3016, which permits hotline operators to place follow‑up calls to minors 16 and older deemed at high risk for suicide without parental consent. Witnesses and several committee members urged adding a parental‑notification requirement; the bill advanced out of committee.
The Assembly committee released Assembly Bill 3016 on March 17, 2025, after testimony and debate over whether parents should be notified when a suicide‑prevention hotline places follow‑up calls to minors.
Supporters of parental notification pressed the committee during public testimony and in member statements. "When a child is identified as being at high risk for suicide, parents ... deserve to be notified so they can take immediate action to safeguard their child's life," said Sean Hyland of the New Jersey Family Policy Center, which opposed the bill as written. Hyland told the committee he supported follow‑up calls but urged an amendment to require parental notification each time an operator determines…
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