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<subtitle article="ghg" title_number="13" subtitle_number="39A" title_name="Miscellaneous Health Care Programs" subtitle_name="Youth Suicide Prevention and Firearm Safe Storage">
  <section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="13-39A-01" title_number="13" title_name="Miscellaneous Health Care Programs" subtitle_number="39A" subtitle_name="Youth Suicide Prevention and Firearm Safe Storage">
    <level label="a">
      <text>In this subtitle, “guide” means the youth suicide prevention and firearm safe storage guide developed under subsection (b) of this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>On or before January 1, 2024, the Deputy Secretary for Public Health Services shall develop a youth suicide prevention and firearm safe storage guide.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <text>The guide developed under subsection (b) of this section shall:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>Provide a description of the firearm and ammunition requirements for safely storing firearms under State law;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>Identify the risks associated with unsafe firearm storage for minors, including:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>Suicide;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>Death or serious bodily injury from accidental discharge; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iii">
          <text>Shooting incidents involving minors; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>Incorporate best practices for firearm and ammunition safe storage.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <text>The Department shall:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>Post the guide on its website;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>Make an electronic version of the guide available to families, health and social services providers, and any other entities that have an interest in youth suicide prevention or firearms storage, including:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>Behavioral health programs;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>The Department of Juvenile Services;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iii">
          <text>Firearms dealers licensed by the federal government;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="iv">
          <text>Local health departments;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="v">
          <text>Local school systems;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="vi">
          <text>The Maryland Association of Nonpublic Special Education Facilities;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="vii">
          <text>The Maryland Association of Youth Service Bureaus;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="viii">
          <text>State and local law enforcement agencies;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ix">
          <text>The State Department of Education; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="x">
          <text>Instructors who have been licensed or certified by the Department of State Police to teach firearm safety training courses; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>Provide grants to local school systems, local health departments, and nonprofit agencies to support the education of families on the safe storage practices recommended in the guide.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </section>
</subtitle>