1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; requiring student identification cards to include a mental 
1.3 	health crisis telephone number;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
1.4 	chapter 121A.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [121A.216] MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS TELEPHONE NUMBER.
1.7 	(a) A school district or charter school that issues student identification cards to students 
1.8 	in middle school or high school must include the telephone number for the National Suicide 
1.9 	Prevention Lifeline, a crisis text line, or when available, the national 988 telephone number 
1.10 	on the card, unless doing so would require an additional expenditure by the district or charter 
1.11 	school.
1.12 	(b) A nonpublic school is encouraged to issue student identification cards consistent 
1.13 	with paragraph (a).

1.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2021.