Section 630.910

Title XL ADDITIONAL EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS

Chapter 630

Effective - 28 Aug 2005, 2 histories, see footnote   (history) 

  630.910.  Suicide prevention advisory committee created, members, terms, meetings, duties. — 1. There is hereby created within the department of mental health the "Suicide Prevention Advisory Committee" to be comprised of the following eighteen members:

  (1) Six representatives from each of the following state departments: mental health, health and senior services, social services, elementary and secondary education, corrections, and higher education;

  (2) Ten citizen members representing suicide survivors, the criminal justice system, the business community, clergy, schools, youth, mental health professionals, health care providers, nonprofit organizations, and a researcher to be appointed by the governor;

  (3) One member from the house of representatives to be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; and

  (4) One member of the senate to be appointed by the president pro tem of the senate.

  2. The initial appointments to the advisory committee shall be made by October 1, 2005. The initial ten members appointed under subdivision (2) of subsection 1 of this section shall be appointed as follows: four members shall be appointed for a four-year term, three members shall be appointed for a three-year term, and three members shall be appointed for a two-year term.

  3. The first meeting of the advisory committee shall be scheduled by the director of the department of mental health and held on or before December 1, 2005. The committee shall meet at least quarterly thereafter. The director of the department of mental health, or the director's designee, shall be the chair of the advisory committee. Each of the departments listed in subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of this section shall provide staff and technical support for the advisory committee.

  4. The advisory committee shall:

  (1) Provide oversight, technical support, and outcome promotion for prevention activities;

  (2) Develop annual goals and objectives for ongoing suicide prevention efforts;

  (3) Make information on prevention and mental health intervention models available to community groups implementing suicide prevention programs;

  (4) Promote the use of outcome methods that will allow comparison and evaluation of the efficacy, effectiveness, cultural competence, and cost-effectiveness of plan-supported interventions, including making specific recording and monitoring instruments available for plan-supported projects;

  (5) Review and recommend changes to existing or proposed statutes, rules, and policies to prevent suicides; and

  (6) Coordinate and issue a biannual report on suicide and suicidal behaviors in the state using information drawn from federal, state, and local sources.

  5. Members of the committee shall serve without compensation but the ten citizen members may be reimbursed for any actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as members of the advisory committee.

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(L. 2005 H.B. 462 & 463)