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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="5-1003" title_number="5" title_name="Death" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Maryland Suicide Fatality Review Committee">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The State team shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Meet at least quarterly to review suicide deaths, consistent with the requirements of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Make determinations regarding:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The following issues related to individuals at risk for suicide:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Trends;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Risk factors;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Current best practices in suicide prevention;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>Lapses in systemic responses; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>Barriers to safety and well–being; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Strategies for the prevention of suicide deaths;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Report at least annually to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly on:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The State team’s activities; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The State team’s recommendations on:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Changing any law or policy in a manner that would promote the prevention of suicide deaths; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Improving the availability of sources of information relating to the investigation of reported suicide fatalities;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Undertake annual statistical studies of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The incidents and causes of suicide mortality in the State; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Trends and patterns of suicide deaths in the State; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Disseminate findings and recommendations based on the studies conducted under item (4) of this subsection to policymakers, health care providers, health care facilities, and the public.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The State team may periodically make available, in a general manner that does not reveal confidential information about individual cases, only the aggregate findings of the State team’s reviews and their recommendations for preventive actions.</text>
  </level>
</section>
