SB 618 -- SUICIDE PREVENTION

This bill requires the Director of the Department of Mental
Health, in partnership with the Department of Health and Senior
Services, to design and develop a state suicide prevention plan
in collaboration with the departments of Social Services,
Elementary and Secondary Education, Higher Education, and
Corrections and with community-based agencies.  The plan must:

(1)  Promote the use of employee assistance and workplace
programs to support employees experiencing depression or other
psychiatric illnesses;

(2)  Promote the use of student assistance and educational
programs to support students with depression, other psychiatric
illnesses, and substance abuse disorders;

(3)  Provide training and technical assistance to local public
health and other community-based professionals on the best
practices to prevent suicides;

(4)  Coordinate federal, state, and local agencies in order to
collect and analyze data on suicides and suicidal behaviors in
Missouri and annually issue a public report;

(5)  Establish a toll-free suicide prevention hotline; and

(6)  Recommend statutory changes and implementation and funding
requirements to the General Assembly by December 31, 2004.

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated July 25, 2003 at 10:13 am