Committee backs bill adding ‘You Are Not Alone’ and 988 crisis number to student IDs
HB1045 (LC492726S) passed committee; the bill adds 'You are not alone' messaging and the 988 crisis hotline to student ID badges or stickers as a voluntary resource to connect students in crisis to help, with supporters citing suicide and overdose statistics and noting letters of support from education groups.
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Representative Herring presented HB1045 (LC492726S), the "988 You Are Not Alone Awareness" act, which would add the 988 crisis hotline and the phrase "You are not alone" to student ID badges (or allow a sticker) as a resource for students in crisis.
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