26B-8-233. Family outreach specialist.
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Effective 5/6/2026
26B-8-233. Family outreach specialist.
(1)With funds appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose, the department shall provide compensation, at a standard rate determined by the department, to a family outreach specialist.
(2)The family outreach specialist shall:
(a)engage with relatives or the legal guardian of an individual who has recently died by suicide or overdose to better understand the circumstances that precede a suicide or drug-related death, including by:
(i)contacting next of kin;
(ii)collecting information in an interview;
(iii)assessing next of kin; and
(iv)providing targeted bereavement care; and
(b)assist the medical examiner with suicide intervention, prevention, and postvention, including:
(i)mortality surveillance;
(ii)research coordination;
(iii)data management and analysis; and
(iv)epidemiological surveillance.
Enacted by Chapter 396 , 2026 General Session