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Medical student suicide prompts proposed Missouri legislation
The house bill, that passed Thursday, would "establish a committee to study mental illness, suicide and depression in the state's six medical schools. The bill would also prohibit any medical school from restricting a study on the mental health of its students."
The bill was proposed in response to the death of Kevin Dietl, who took his own life just 10 days before graduation from A.T. Still University College of Osteopathic Medicine. Kevin's parents testified in favor of the bill.
The house bill, that passed Thursday, would "establish a committee to study mental illness, suicide and depression in the state's six medical schools. The bill would also prohibit any medical school from restricting a study on the mental health of its students."
The bill was proposed in response to the death of Kevin Dietl, who took his own life just 10 days before graduation from A.T. Still University College of Osteopathic Medicine. Kevin's parents testified in favor of the bill.