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Proc 10621ProclamationBiden · DCeremonial

Proclamation 10621

World Suicide Prevention Day, 2023

This proclamation designates September 10, 2023 as World Suicide Prevention Day, commemorating those lost to suicide and reaffirming the Biden Administration's commitment to expanding mental health care access, including through the 988 crisis lifeline, insurance parity requirements, and funding for school-based and veteran mental health services.

Federal Register Open PDF 88 FR 62691

Impact dates

  1. World Suicide Prevention Day proclaimed

Key directives

  • Proclaim September 10, 2023 as World Suicide Prevention Day
  • Call upon Americans, communities, organizations, and levels of government to join in preventing suicide

Timeline

Immediate

  • Proclamation of September 10, 2023 as World Suicide Prevention Day

Near term (90d)

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Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • Document describes prior and ongoing administration efforts but does not create new binding requirements; insurance parity proposals mentioned are aspirational/descriptive of past proposals, not new directives in this proclamation
  • Disconnect between stated crisis severity and primarily ceremonial nature of document
Proclamation 10621: World Suicide Prevention Day, 2023 · Executive Orders