Sec. 531.477. SUICIDE PREVENTION SUBCOMMITTEE; SUICIDE DATA REPORTS. (a) The council shall create a suicide prevention subcommittee to focus on statewide suicide prevention efforts using information collected by the council from available sources of suicide data reports. The suicide prevention subcommittee shall establish guidelines for the frequent use of those reports in carrying out the council's purpose under this subchapter.
(b) The subcommittee created under this section shall establish a method for identifying how suicide data reports are used to make policy.
(c) Public or private entities that collect information regarding suicide and suicide prevention may provide suicide data reports to commission staff designated by the executive commissioner to receive those reports.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1038 (H.B. 4074), Sec. 2, eff. June 18, 2021.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle I - Health and Human Services
Chapter 531 - Health and Human Services Commission
Subchapter M. -1. Statewide Behavioral Health Coordinating Council
Section 531.473. Composition of Council
Section 531.474. Presiding Officer
Section 531.476. Powers and Duties
Section 531.477. Suicide Prevention Subcommittee; Suicide Data Reports