Section 30:9A-26 - Public awareness campaign on youth suicide prevention and interventionThe Commissioner of Human Services shall develop and publicize, in consultation with the council, a public awareness campaign on youth suicide prevention and intervention, the goals of which shall be to:
a. increase voluntary reporting of youth suicides and attempts at suicide by professionals who are likely to know of suicides and attempts in the course of their employment;b. increase referrals by these professionals to therapeutic services available to youths who contemplate or attempt suicide;c. increase public awareness of the incidence and causes of youth suicide attempts and decrease the stigma currently associated with depression and suicide; andd. encourage the use by families of short-term and long-term public and private mental health services, as well as other services, to reduce the incidence of attempted and completed suicides by youths.Added by L. 2003, c. 214, s. 5, eff. 1/9/2004.