CHAPTER 6. Suicide Prevention Programs

Chapter 6 added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 93, Sec. 44.5.

§§ 4098–4098.5 · 6 sections

• § 4098 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Surgeon General of the United States has described suicide prevention as a serious public…
• § 4098.1 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Suicide Prevention Act of 2000.
• § 4098.2 (a) The State Department of Health Care Services, contingent upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act, may establish and implement a suicide prevention,…
• § 4098.3 The department may contract with an outside agency to establish and implement a targeted public awareness and education campaign on suicide prevention and…
• § 4098.4 (a) The department may contract with local mental health organizations and professionals with expertise in the assessment and treatment of suicidal behaviors…
• § 4098.5 The department may establish and implement, or contract with an outside agency for the development of a multicounty, 24-hour, centralized suicide crisis line…