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Existing law authorizes the State Department of Public Health to establish the Office of Suicide Prevention within the department. Existing law authorizes the office, if established, to perform certain functions, including, among others, conducting state-level assessment of regional and statewide suicide prevention policies and practices and reporting on progress to reduce rates of suicide. Existing law authorizes the office, if established, to focus activities on groups with the highest risk, including youth, Native American youth, older adults, veterans, and LGBTQ people. This bill would authorize the office's activities focused on youth to pay special attention to boys. The bill would additionally authorize the office to focus activities on young men. The bill would require the office, if established, to report to the Legislature, on or before July 1, 2028, on strategies to implement the activities focused on boys and young men.
Introduced
Feb 13, 2026
Last Action
Mar 2, 2026
Session
CA 20252026
Sponsors
1 primary · 0 co
Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
Read first time. To print.
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Referred to Com. on HEALTH.