California Welfare and Institutions Code CHAPTER 6 - Suicide Prevention Programs

• Section 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 health priority,...
• Section 4098.1.
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Suicide Prevention Act of 2000.(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 159, Sec. 190. Effective...
• Section 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, education, and gatekeeper...
• Section 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 treatment. Target...
• Section 4098.4.
  (a) The department may contract with local mental health organizations and professionals with expertise in the assessment and treatment of suicidal behaviors to develop an evidence-based...
• Section 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 integrated network....

Last modified: October 22, 2018