Bill Text: FL S1404 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

Florida Senate Bill 1404 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Veterans' Suicide Prevention [GPSC]

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Messages [S1404 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S1404-Comm_Sub.html

 
Florida Senate - 2010                      CS for CS for SB 1404 
 
By the Committees on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; 
Military Affairs and Domestic Security; and Military Affairs and 
Domestic Security 
586-03221-10                                          20101404c2 
1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to veterans’ suicide prevention; 
3         directing the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, in 
4         partnership with the Statewide Office for Suicide 
5         Prevention and the Department of Children and Family 
6         Services, to seek federal funding for a grants program 
7         that addresses veterans’ outreach and suicide 
8         prevention; amending s. 14.20195, F.S.; revising the 
9         membership of the Suicide Prevention Coordinating 
10         Council to include a representative of the Florida 
11         Psychological Association and veterans appointed by 
12         the Governor; providing an effective date. 
13 
14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
15 
16         Section 1. The Department of Veterans’ Affairs, in 
17  collaboration with the Statewide Office for Suicide Prevention 
18  and the Department of Children and Families Services, shall seek 
19  federal funding for veterans’ outreach and suicide prevention 
20  programs and initiatives. Subject to the receipt of such 
21  funding, the Department of Veterans’ Affairs shall implement and 
22  administer a veterans’ outreach and suicide prevention grants 
23  program. The department may focus grant awards to those areas of 
24  the state which are considered underserved by United States 
25  Department of Veterans Affairs health care facilities and to 
26  veterans who are otherwise ineligible for health care services 
27  under the federal veterans’ benefits system. Programs and 
28  initiatives awarded grants by the department must include both 
29  veterans and their families in outreach and suicide prevention 
30  efforts and coordinate their efforts with the United States 
31  Department of Veterans Affairs. 
32         Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 14.20195, Florida 
33  Statutes, is amended to read: 
34         14.20195 Suicide Prevention Coordinating Council; creation; 
35  membership; duties.—There is created within the Statewide Office 
36  for Suicide Prevention a Suicide Prevention Coordinating 
37  Council. The council shall develop strategies for preventing 
38  suicide. 
39         (2) MEMBERSHIP.—The Suicide Prevention Coordinating Council 
40  shall consist of 31 28 voting members. 
41         (a) Fifteen Fourteen members shall be appointed by the 
42  director of the Office of Drug Control and shall represent the 
43  following organizations: 
44         1. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Corporation 
45  described in s. 394.655. 
46         2. The Florida Association of School Psychologists. 
47         3. The Florida Sheriffs Association. 
48         4. The Suicide Prevention Action Network USA. 
49         5. The Florida Initiative of Suicide Prevention. 
50         6. The Florida Suicide Prevention Coalition. 
51         7. The Alzheimer’s Association. 
52         8. The Florida School Board Association. 
53         9. Volunteer Florida. 
54         10. The state chapter of AARP. 
55         11. The Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association. 
56         12. The Florida Council for Community Mental Health. 
57         13. The Florida Counseling Association. 
58         14. NAMI Florida. 
59         15. The Florida Psychological Association. 
60         (b) The following state officials or their designees shall 
61  serve on the coordinating council: 
62         1. The Secretary of Elderly Affairs. 
63         2. The State Surgeon General. 
64         3. The Commissioner of Education. 
65         4. The Secretary of Health Care Administration. 
66         5. The Secretary of Juvenile Justice. 
67         6. The Secretary of Corrections. 
68         7. The executive director of the Department of Law 
69  Enforcement. 
70         8. The executive director of the Department of Veterans’ 
71  Affairs. 
72         9. The Secretary of Children and Family Services. 
73         10. The director of the Agency for Workforce Innovation. 
74         (c) The Governor shall appoint six four additional members 
75  to the coordinating council. At least four of the appointees 
76  must have expertise that is critical to the prevention of 
77  suicide or represent an organization that is not already 
78  represented on the coordinating council. At least two of the 
79  appointees must be veterans, of whom one must be currently 
80  enrolled as a student. 
81         (d) For the members appointed by the director of the Office 
82  of Drug Control, seven members shall be appointed to initial 
83  terms of 3 years, and seven members shall be appointed to 
84  initial terms of 4 years. For the members appointed by the 
85  Governor, two members shall be appointed to initial terms of 4 
86  years, and two members shall be appointed to initial terms of 3 
87  years. Thereafter, such members shall be appointed to terms of 4 
88  years. Any vacancy on the coordinating council shall be filled 
89  in the same manner as the original appointment, and any member 
90  who is appointed to fill a vacancy occurring because of death, 
91  resignation, or ineligibility for membership shall serve only 
92  for the unexpired term of the member’s predecessor. A member is 
93  eligible for reappointment. 
94         (e) The director of the Office of Drug Control shall be a 
95  nonvoting member of the coordinating council and shall act as 
96  chair. 
97         (f) Members of the coordinating council shall serve without 
98  compensation. Any member of the coordinating council who is a 
99  public employee is entitled to reimbursement for per diem and 
100  travel expenses as provided in s. 112.061. 
101         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.