Sec. 40. (a) This section applies to a student identification card issued to a student after June 30, 2022: (1) by a public school, including a charter school; and (2) to each student of a school described in subdivision (1) who is in grade 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12. (b) If a school issues a student identification card to a student, the school shall include on the student identification card the following: (1) Except as provided under subsection (c), the 9-8-8 crisis hotline. (2) A local, state, or national human trafficking hotline telephone number that provides support twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week. (3) A local, state, or national sexual assault hotline telephone number that provides support twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week. (4) A local, state, or national teen dating violence hotline telephone number that provides support twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week. (5) If a hotline specified in subdivisions (1) through (4) is capable of receiving a text message, the information to text the hotline. (c) If the 9-8-8 crisis hotline is not in operation at the time a school issues a student identification card, the school shall include a local, state, or national suicide prevention hotline telephone number on the student identification card. However, if the 9-8-8 crisis hotline becomes operational at a later date, the school shall include the 9-8-8 crisis hotline on all student identification cards issued by the school after the 9-8-8 crisis hotline is in operation. (d) A school may include the information described in subsections (b) and (c) on a student identification card by: (1) printing the information on the student identification card; or (2) affixing on the student identification card a sticker with the information printed on the sticker.
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