suicide
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Colorado lawmakers unanimously OK reducing license requirements for school therapists
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Suicide is the leading cause of death for Coloradans aged 10 to 19, with Children’s Hospital Colorado declaring a state of emergency for youth mental health in 2021. In the midst of this crisis, Colorado schools largely lack mental health resources. The National Association of School Psychologists recommends schools have one psychologist for every 500 students. But…
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Colorado colleges to add suicide hotlines to student IDs
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In Colorado, suicide is the leading cause of death for teenagers and young adults. State lawmakers are trying to help address that with one small change. Beginning in August 2023, House Bill 1007 requires Colorado’s higher education institutions to print the phone and text numbers of statewide and national mental health crisis and suicide hotlines on the…
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Colorado Senate unanimously OKs reducing license requirements for school therapists
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In 23 years of teaching, Stephanie Smith has attended 20 funerals of students. Smith said a few of the students died by an accidental overdose or car crash, but the vast majority died from the same thing: suicide. This year alone, Smith said three students have committed suicide at Boulder High School where she teaches,…
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Federal judge green-lights jail suicide lawsuit against Saguache County for trial
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A jury will decide whether Saguache County Sheriff Dan Warwick, one of his deputies and the board of county commissioners are liable for the 2019 suicide death of Jackson Maes in the jurisdiction’s jail. In a Feb. 3 order, U.S. District Court Judge Nina Y. Wang dismissed a number of constitutional rights claims against the…
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State House approves adding suicide hotlines to college student IDs
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An effort to add suicide hotline numbers to student identification cards took a huge step forward Tuesday, receiving approval from the state House of Representatives. If passed by the state Senate, House Bill 1007 would require Colorado’s higher education institutions to print the phone and text numbers of statewide and national mental health crisis and suicide hotlines…
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Proposal to add suicide hotlines to college student IDs advances
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In Colorado, suicide is the leading cause of death for teenagers and young adults. Lawmakers want to help address this with one small change. If passed, House Bill 1007 would require higher education institutions to print the numbers of suicide hotlines on the back of their student identification cards. Bill sponsor Rep. Judy Amabile, D-Boulder,…
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Appeals court sides with sheriffs, counties in tossing detainee death lawsuit
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The state’s Court of Appeals has sided with Colorado’s counties and multiple sheriffs in finding Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Shrader cannot be sued for the suicide death of a jail detainee. Unlike other wrongful death lawsuits and claims against government officials, which have a two-year filing window, state law carves out an exception for sheriffs.…
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For Saguache County jail death, judge declines to toss request for billion-dollar compensation
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With the Saguache County sheriff, board of county commissioners and various employees of the sheriff’s office facing a request for up to $1.68 billion in damages for the death of a suicidal detainee in the jail, the defendants asked a federal judge to rule that the vast majority of the dollar figure was a nonstarter…
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Judge rules Archuleta, La Plata counties may be held liable for detainee’s suicide
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A federal judge has refused to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit against La Plata and Archuleta counties for the suicide of a 21-year-old man who hung himself in jail and remained undiscovered for more than two hours, despite being on suicide watch. Saul Hernandez de la Torre was arrested in Archuleta County but housed in…
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Judge greenlights lawsuit against health care contractor for Fremont County jail death
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A medical corporation and its employees may be held liable for the 2020 suicide of a man in custody at the Fremont County Detention Center, after a federal judge declined to dismiss the claims against them. NatCore Healthcare Industries, Inc. formerly provided health care services to detainees in Fremont County, and its employees were reportedly aware that…
