Section 41.49. Adolescent suicide prevention program

1.  Within amounts appropriated, the office of mental health is hereby
  authorized and directed to establish and conduct, in  consultation  with
  and upon the approval of the council on children and families, a special
  program,  the  purpose  of which shall be to provide grants to public or
  private not-for-profit organizations,  or  public  or  private  schools,
  acting  alone or in concert with others, in order to educate the general
  population, and in particular  parents,  teachers,  clergy,  health  and
  mental  health  professionals and adolescents themselves of the positive
  actions that can be taken to identify and treat adolescents who  are  at
  high   risk  for  suicide.  For  purposes  of  this  section,  the  term
  "adolescent" shall mean any person under the age of twenty-one.
    2. The commissioner shall in consultation with and upon  the  approval
  of  the  council  on  children  and  families  promulgate  standards  to
  determine the eligibility of applicants for the grants herein authorized
  and be entitled to receive on appropriate forms such information  as  he
  deems   necessary  and  relevant  in  making  such  determination.  Such
  application to the extent possible shall include:
    a. the projected impact and effectiveness of the  program  in  meeting
  the community's need for adolescent suicide prevention programs;
    b. coordination with other community and/or school services;
    c. other sources of revenue available;
    d. the start up and continuing operating costs of such program;
    e. the number and age of youth expected to be reached by such program;
    f.  the  range  and  type of services to be offered and the number and
  types of personnel to be employed;
    g. a description of an outreach component of the program;
    h. methods to be used to increase the sensitivity of professionals and
  the public toward identifying youth at risk of suicide; and
    i. such other information as deemed pertinent by the commissioner.
    3. The commissioner in consultation with the council on  children  and
  families shall specify methods to evaluate the effectiveness of proposed
  projects. The commissioner in consultation with and upon the approval of
  the  council  on children and families shall review and where necessary,
  require modifications and upon such modifications, approve or disapprove
  applications within thirty  days  of  the  receipt  of  the  initial  or
  modified   application,   whichever  is  appropriate.  All  applications
  approved by  the  commissioner  in  consultation  with  the  council  on
  children  and  families  shall  include  a commitment to use appropriate
  accounting and fiscal control procedures which shall include the  filing
  of an annual financial statement by each provider so as to ensure:
    a. the proper disbursement and accounting for funds received;
    b.  appropriate  written  records  regarding the population served and
  type and extent of services rendered by the provider;
    c. confidentiality standards so as to ensure  the  confidentiality  of
  records of persons receiving services; and
    d. other funds, public or private, whenever resources are available.
    4.  Upon  approval  of each grant the commissioner shall contract with
  each grantee for a period of time not to exceed one year, but can extend
  such  contract  for  one  year  periods  when  the  commissioner   after
  consulting  the  council  on  children  and  families  determines  it is
  appropriate.
    5. Each grantee receiving  payments  hereunder  shall  submit  to  the
  commissioner  within thirty days prior to the expiration of the contract
  a report following guidelines prepared by the commissioner  which  shall
  include:
    a. the information specified in subdivision two of this section;

    b.  an  assessment of the impact of the program on adolescents who are
  at high risk for suicide attempts;
    c.  the  extent  to  which the program coordinated services with other
  community programs; and
    d. any other information deemed relevant by the commissioner.
    6. The commissioner shall prepare a summary of the reports required by
  subdivision five of this  section,  and  forward  this  summary  to  the
  council  on children and families for inclusion in its annual report and
  shall include such information in the annual report  of  the  office  of
  mental health.
    7.  The  commissioner in consultation with the council on children and
  families shall promulgate  such  rules  and  regulations  necessary  and
  proper to implement the provision of this section.
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