New Jersey lawmakers will consider Thursday two bills inspired by a New Jersey teen's high-profile suicide last year, NJ.com reports.
Madison Holleran, a 19-year-old University of Pennsylvania student and track athlete, jumped off a parking garage to her death near the school on Jan. 17, 2014. The Bergen County resident suffered from depression, which ultimately led her to take her life, her parents said.
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The prevention act would require colleges and universities to have health care professionals who specialize in reducing student suicides and attempted suicides available 24 hours a day. The reporting act would require schools to post information on student suicides and attempted suicides on their websites.
Holleran's fifth-grade teacher Ed Modica proposed the bills to legislators after he created petitions and gathered signatures in support of his proposal.
A suicide prevention foundation was created in Holleran's name.