HB 0897

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CHAMBER ACTION

1	The Committee on Future of Florida's Families recommends the
2	following:
3
4	Committee Substitute
5	Remove the entire bill and insert:
6	A bill to be entitled
7	An act relating to suicide prevention; amending and
8	renumbering s. 397.332, F.S.; creating the Suicide
9	Prevention Coordinating Program in the Office of Drug
10	Control; providing a purpose; providing duties and
11	responsibilities; creating the Suicide Prevention
12	Coordinating Council; providing a purpose; providing
13	duties; requiring the council to establish an interagency
14	workgroup; requiring quarterly meetings of the council;
15	providing for other committees as needed; providing
16	membership criteria; requiring public organizations to
17	participate and cooperate with the council; providing that
18	members of the council are not compensated; providing for
19	per diem and travel reimbursement of state employees;
20	authorizing the council to seek outside funding; amending
21	ss. 943.031 and 943.042, F.S.; correcting cross
22	references; providing an appropriation; providing an
23	effective date.
24
25	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
26
27	Section 1.  Section 397.332, Florida Statutes, is
28	renumbered as section 14.2017, Florida Statutes, and subsections
29	(4), (5), and (6) are added to said section to read:
30	14.2017 397.332  Office of Drug Control.-?
31	(4)  The Suicide Prevention Coordinating Program is created
32	within the Office of Drug Control.
33	(a)  Within available resources, the office shall
34	coordinate a statewide program of suicide prevention activities
35	to increase public awareness of issues related to suicide
36	prevention.
37	(b)  The office shall:
38	1.  Provide staff support to an interagency workgroup to
39	incorporate agency programs into a statewide suicide prevention
40	plan.
41	2.  Conduct a best practices review of local, state, and
42	national innovative suicide prevention programs.
43	3.  Identify information regarding crisis services relating
44	to suicide prevention.
45	4.  Develop and maintain an Internet or network site with
46	links to appropriate resource documents, suicide hotlines, state
47	and local mental health agencies, and appropriate national
48	organizations.
49	5.  Develop public awareness and media campaigns in each
50	county targeting groups of persons who are at risk of suicide.
51	6.  Coordinate educational activities for the general
52	public relating to suicide prevention.
53	7.  Work with school districts to develop a suicide
54	prevention training and counseling program in schools and
55	develop an evaluation of the program.
56	8.  Work with representatives of organizations, including,
57	but not limited to, providers of health care, mental health
58	agencies, social service agencies, faith-based organizations,
59	public health clinics, organizations that represent the elderly,
60	and community organizations to coordinate education and training
61	relating to suicide prevention.
62	9.  Coordinate with persons who provide education and
63	training for persons who, as part of their usual routine, have
64	face to face contact with persons who may be at risk of suicide,
65	including, but not limited to, law enforcement, health care
66	providers, school personnel, and mental health professionals,
67	training them to recognize persons at risk of suicide and
68	providing information on how to refer those persons for
69	treatment or supporting services, as appropriate.
70	10.  Develop proposals for funding from the Federal
71	Government and nongovernmental organizations.
72	11.  Submit recommendations regarding suicide prevention to
73	the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of
74	the House of Representatives, in the form of an annual report,
75	no later than January 1, 2005, and January 1 each year
76	thereafter. The report must address the status of initiatives
77	identified in the statewide plan for suicide prevention.
78	(c)  Contingent upon an appropriation, the director may
79	employ a coordinator to administer the program.
80	(5)  The office shall be guided by a Suicide Prevention
81	Coordinating Council. The council shall:
82	(a)  Develop a statewide plan for suicide prevention
83	recognizing suicide as a preventable problem. The plan must
84	address the following:
85	1.  Concerns regarding specific populations who are at risk
86	for suicide.
87	2.  A strategy to align and provide direction for statewide
88	suicide prevention initiatives.
89	3.  A strategy to establish partnerships with state and
90	private agencies.
91	4.  A strategy to promote public awareness of suicide
92	prevention.
93	5.  A strategy to improve access to help for persons in
94	acute situations.
95	6.  A strategy to identify the resources to support the
96	implementation of the plan.
97	(b)  Establish an interagency workgroup that is a subset of
98	the council to incorporate agency suicide prevention plans into
99	the statewide plan. The interagency workgroup shall include, but
100	is not limited to, representatives from the Department of
101	Elderly Affairs, the Department of Health, the Department of
102	Education, the Agency for Health Care Administration, the
103	Department of Juvenile Justice, and the Department of Children
104	and Family Services.
105	(c)  Meet as least quarterly and at other times upon the
106	call of the chair. The council meetings may be held by
107	teleconference or other electronic means.
108	(d)  Assemble committees with membership outside the
109	council on an as-needed basis in order to obtain advice and
110	assistance in carrying out its duties.
111	(e)  Consist of at least 7 members and no more than 20
112	members.
113	1.  Members shall be appointed who represent the following
114	entities: the Florida Substance Abuse and Mental Health
115	Corporation, Inc., identified in s. 394.655, the Florida
116	Association of School Psychologists, the Florida Sheriff's
117	Association, the Suicide Prevention Action Network USA, the
118	Florida Initiative of Suicide Prevention, the Alzheimer's
119	Association, the Department of Education, the Agency for Health
120	Care Administration, the Department of Health, the Department of
121	Elderly Affairs, the Department Children and Family Services,
122	the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Department of
123	Corrections, the Department of Veterans' Affairs, and a
124	representative from the Governor's Mentoring Initiative.
125	2.  The secretaries of each state agency may appoint one
126	additional member who has expertise critical to the issue of
127	suicide prevention or who represent organizations that are not
128	already represented.
129	3.  Members of the council shall be appointed by the
130	organizations identified for membership unless otherwise
131	specified.
132	4.  The director of the Office of Drug Control shall serve
133	as chair of the council.
134	5.  Membership on the council is voluntary and members
135	shall serve without compensation. Any member of the council who
136	is a public employee is entitled to reimbursement for per diem
137	and travel expenses, as provided in s. 112.061, by his or her
138	employer. For other members, the cost of participation must be
139	borne by the organization that appointed the member.
140	(f)  Seek and accept grants or funds from any source,
141	federal, state, or local, to defray the expenses incurred in its
142	operation and implementation of this section.
143	(6)  Public organizations shall participate and cooperate
144	with the council.
145	Section 2.  Section 397.333, Florida Statutes, is
146	renumbered as section 14.2018, Florida Statutes.
147	Section 3.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section
148	943.031, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
149	(4)  DUTIES OF COUNCIL.--The council shall provide advice
150	and make recommendations, as necessary, to the executive
151	director of the department.
152	(a)  The council may advise the executive director on the
153	feasibility of undertaking initiatives which include, but are
154	not limited to, the following:
155	1.  Establishing a program which provides grants to
156	criminal justice agencies that develop and implement effective
157	violent crime prevention and investigative programs and which
158	provides grants to law enforcement agencies for the purpose of
159	drug control and illicit money laundering investigative efforts
160	or task force efforts that are determined by the council to
161	significantly contribute to achieving the state's goal of
162	reducing drug-related crime as articulated by the Office of Drug
163	Control, that represent a significant illicit money laundering
164	investigative effort, or that otherwise significantly support
165	statewide strategies developed by the Statewide Drug Policy
166	Advisory Council established under s. 14.2018 397.333, subject
167	to the limitations provided in this section. The grant program
168	may include an innovations grant program to provide startup
169	funding for new initiatives by local and state law enforcement
170	agencies to combat violent crime or to implement drug control or
171	illicit money laundering investigative efforts or task force
172	efforts by law enforcement agencies, including, but not limited
173	to, initiatives such as:
174	a.  Providing enhanced community-oriented policing.
175	b.  Providing additional undercover officers and other
176	investigative officers to assist with violent crime
177	investigations in emergency situations.
178	c.  Providing funding for multiagency or statewide drug
179	control or illicit money laundering investigative efforts or
180	task force efforts that cannot be reasonably funded completely
181	by alternative sources and that significantly contribute to
182	achieving the state's goal of reducing drug-related crime as
183	articulated by the Office of Drug Control, that represent a
184	significant illicit money laundering investigative effort, or
185	that otherwise significantly support statewide strategies
186	developed by the Statewide Drug Policy Advisory Council
187	established under s. 14.2018 397.333.
188	2.  Expanding the use of automated fingerprint
189	identification systems at the state and local level.
190	3.  Identifying methods to prevent violent crime.
191	4.  Identifying methods to enhance multiagency or statewide
192	drug control or illicit money laundering investigative efforts
193	or task force efforts that significantly contribute to achieving
194	the state's goal of reducing drug-related crime as articulated
195	by the Office of Drug Control, that represent a significant
196	illicit money laundering investigative effort, or that otherwise
197	significantly support statewide strategies developed by the
198	Statewide Drug Policy Advisory Council established under s.
199	14.2018 397.333.
200	5.  Enhancing criminal justice training programs which
201	address violent crime, drug control, or illicit money laundering
202	investigative techniques or efforts.
203	6.  Developing and promoting crime prevention services and
204	educational programs that serve the public, including, but not
205	limited to:
206	a.  Enhanced victim and witness counseling services that
207	also provide crisis intervention, information referral,
208	transportation, and emergency financial assistance.
209	b.  A well-publicized rewards program for the apprehension
210	and conviction of criminals who perpetrate violent crimes.
211	7.  Enhancing information sharing and assistance in the
212	criminal justice community by expanding the use of community
213	partnerships and community policing programs. Such expansion may
214	include the use of civilian employees or volunteers to relieve
215	law enforcement officers of clerical work in order to enable the
216	officers to concentrate on street visibility within the
217	community.
218	Section 4.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
219	943.042, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
220	(1)  There is created a Violent Crime Investigative
221	Emergency and Drug Control Strategy Implementation Account
222	within the Department of Law Enforcement Operating Trust Fund.
223	The account shall be used to provide emergency supplemental
224	funds to:
225	(a)  State and local law enforcement agencies which are
226	involved in complex and lengthy violent crime investigations, or
227	matching funding to multiagency or statewide drug control or
228	illicit money laundering investigative efforts or task force
229	efforts that significantly contribute to achieving the state's
230	goal of reducing drug-related crime as articulated by the Office
231	of Drug Control, that represent a significant illicit money
232	laundering investigative effort, or that otherwise significantly
233	support statewide strategies developed by the Statewide Drug
234	Policy Advisory Council established under s. 14.2018 397.333;
235	Section 5.  For the 2004-2005 fiscal year, the sum of
236	$100,000 in recurring general revenue is appropriated to, and
237	one full-time-equivalent position is authorized for, the Office
238	of Drug Control for the purpose of paying salaries and other
239	administrative expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of
240	this act.
241	Section 6.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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