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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="5-1104" title_number="5" title_name="Death" subtitle_number="11">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The purpose of a local team is to prevent suicide deaths by:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Reviewing suicide deaths of residents of the county or that occur within the county;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Identifying systemic, service, and policy factors associated with risk of suicide;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Promoting coordination between entities involved in suicide prevention, crisis response, treatment, and postvention; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Developing recommendations to prevent suicide.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A local team may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Examine trends in suicide and factors that contribute to suicide risk;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Share information with other public health authorities or their designees as the local team determines necessary to carry out the purposes of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Identify gaps in systems of care or coordination between entities involved in suicide prevention, crisis response, treatment, and postvention; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Submit recommendations to the State Suicide Fatality Review Committee established under Subtitle 10 of this title, or other local entities as determined appropriate by the local team.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A local child fatality review team:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>For a suicide death involving an individual under the age of 18 years, shall retain the primary authority to conduct the review in accordance with Subtitle 7 of this title; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>May coordinate or conduct a joint review with the local team.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
