S.F. No. 1311 requires licensed teachers and the peace officers to be trained on de-escalation techniques in a mental health crisis, and requires the Commissioner of Health to establish community-based programs that provide evidence-based suicide prevention and postvention training. This bill also appropriates funds.

Section 1 (122A.09, subdivision 4) requires the Board of Teaching to adopt rules to include, for licensed teachers who are renewing their license, suicide prevention training that is approved as a best practice.

Sections 2 and 3 (145.56, subds. 2 and 4) amend the Suicide Prevention Plan under the Department of Health. Section 2 requires that, to the extent funds are appropriated, the commissioner establish two community-based grant programs; the first to provide evidence-based suicide prevention and intervention training to school staff, firefighters, and peace officers, and others, and the second to provide postvention training to mental health professionals and practitioners to provide technical assistance to communities after a suicide and to prevent suicide clusters.

Sections 4 and 5 amend the peace officer chapter of law.

Section 4 (626.8452, subdivision 3) requires that the instruction given to peace officers with regard to deadly force and use of firearms include instruction on techniques for de-escalation in a mental health crisis and for suicide prevention.

Section 5 (626.8455, subdivision 1) requires that training for community policing include techniques for de-escalation in a mental health crisis and suicide prevention.

Section 6 appropriates funds for training under section 2.

Section 7 appropriates funds for the text message suicide prevention program.

Section 8 appropriates funds to provide children and adolescent mental health first aid training to teachers, social service personnel, law enforcement, and others who come into contact with children with mental illness.