Section 557.3 - Duties of department.The department, in consultation with State or local government agencies, shall have all of the following duties:
(1) Provide technical assistance to a death review team in conducting suicide and overdose death reviews.(2) Facilitate communication between death review teams.(3) Transmit available information to the appropriate death review team regarding a fatal suicide or overdose in the death review team's jurisdiction, including all of the following information: (i) The deceased individual's age, race, gender, county of residence and county of death.(ii) The date, manner, cause and specific circumstances of the suicide or overdose death as recorded on the deceased individual's completed death certificate.(4) Promulgate regulations as necessary to implement this subarticle.(5) Submit an annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly by September of each year which includes a summary of reports received from local death review teams and recommendations relating to the reduction of risk of death by suicide and overdose. Added by P.L. TBD 2022 No. 101, § 3, eff. 12/3/2022.