00                       CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 206(HSS)                                                                   
01 "An Act relating to parental notification of incidents of harassment, intimidation, or                                  
02 bullying involving students and threats of suicide by students; and establishing the                                    
03 firearm safe storage grant fund."                                                                                       
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1. AS 14.33 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                  
06 Sec. 14.33.240. Parental notification. A school district may adopt a plan to                                          
07 notify the parents or guardians of a student of an incident of harassment, intimidation,                                
08 or bullying involving the student or a threat of suicide by the student. A school district                              
09 that notifies a parent or guardian about a threat of suicide under this section shall                                   
10       provide to the parent or guardian suicide prevention and crisis intervention resources,                           
11       including information about how to                                                                                
12                 (1)  obtain a suicide risk screening or assessment from a health care                                   
13       professional;                                                                                                     
14                 (2)  limit a student's access to firearms and lethal medications;                                       
01                 (3)  securely store firearms, ammunition, and lethal medications,                                       
02       including in a safe storage device; and                                                                           
03                 (4)  request a free safe storage device from the firearm safe storage                                   
04       grant fund established under AS 44.21.070.                                                                        
05    * Sec. 2. AS 44.21 is amended by adding a new section to article 1 to read:                                        
06 Sec. 44.21.070. Firearm safe storage grant fund. (a) The firearm safe storage                                         
07 grant fund is established in the general fund. The department shall manage the fund                                     
08 and may use money in the fund without further appropriation to purchase firearm safe                                    
09 storage devices and distribute the devices at no cost to school districts or to hunter or                               
10 firearm safety programs that are administered by a school district. Money in the fund                                   
11 does not lapse. The fund consists of money appropriated to the fund, including grant                                    
12 money the department receives for the purpose of providing to school districts firearm                                  
13 safe storage devices and funds to purchase firearm safe storage devices, and donations                                  
14       to the fund.                                                                                                      
15            (b)  Nothing in this section creates a dedicated fund.                                                       
16 (c)  The department may adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative                                                
17       Procedure Act) to implement this section.                                                                         
18            (d)  In this section,                                                                                        
19                 (1)  "department" means the Department of Administration;                                               
20 (2)  "firearm safe storage device" means a lock box, safe, cable lock, or                                               
21 other device that is used to prevent unauthorized access to a firearm or to store a                                     
22       firearm.                                                                                                          
23    * Sec. 3. AS 44.29.350 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                              
24 (b)  The council may advise a school district of appropriate materials and                                              
25 reference lists that the district may provide to a parent or guardian under the                                         
26       circumstances described in AS 14.33.240.