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Amend CSHB 18 (house committee report) as follows:
(1)  On page 26, line 19, between "health" and "intervention", insert "prevention and".
(2)  On page 26, line 26, between "prevention" and the semicolon, insert ", intervention, and postvention".
(3)  On page 27, line 10, strike "safe and supportive school climate" and substitute "safe, [and] supportive, and positive school climate".
(4)  On page 28, line 6, strike "and" and substitute "[and]".
(5)  On page 28, line 10, between "guardian" and the period, insert the following:
; and
(4)  assist students in returning to school following treatment of a mental health concern or suicide attempt
(6)  On page 30, line 2, strike "and" and substitute "[and]".
(7)  On page 30, line 6, between "prevention" and the period, insert the following:
; and
(5)  include procedures:
(A)  to support the return of a student to school following hospitalization or residential treatment for a mental health condition or substance abuse; and
(B)  for suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention
(8)  On page 31, between lines 12 and 13, insert the following:
(o)  In this section, "postvention" includes activities that promote healing necessary to reduce the risk of suicide by a person affected by the suicide of another.