Section 630.900

Title XL ADDITIONAL EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS

Chapter 630

Effective - 28 Aug 2003, 2 histories, see footnote   (history) 

  630.900.  State suicide prevention plan to be submitted to general assembly, when — contents. — 1. The director of the department of mental health, in partnership with the department of health and senior services and in collaboration with the departments of social services, elementary and secondary education, higher education, and corrections, and other appropriate agencies, organizations, and institutions in the community, shall design a proposed state suicide prevention plan using an evidence-based public health approach focused on suicide prevention.

  2. The plan shall include, but not be limited to:

  (1) Promoting the use of employee assistance and workplace programs to support employees with depression and other psychiatric illnesses and substance abuse disorders, and refer them to services. In promoting such programs, the director shall collaborate with employer and professional associations, unions, and safety councils;

  (2) Promoting the use of student assistance and educational programs to support students with depression and other psychiatric illnesses and substance abuse disorders. In promoting such programs, the director shall collaborate with educators, administrators, students, and parents with emphasis on identification of the risk factors associated with suicide;

  (3) Providing training and technical assistance to local public health and other community-based professionals to provide for integrated implementation of best practices for preventing suicides;

  (4) Establishing a toll-free suicide prevention hotline; and

  (5) Coordinating with federal, state, and local agencies to collect, analyze, and annually issue a public report on Missouri-specific data on suicide and suicidal behaviors.

  3. The proposed state suicide prevention plan designed and developed pursuant to this section shall be submitted to the general assembly by December 31, 2004, and shall include any recommendations regarding statutory changes and implementation and funding requirements of the plan.

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(L. 2003 H.B. 59 & 269 merged with S.B. 618)