Bill Text: HI HR87 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requesting The Department Of Health To Study The Effectiveness Of Suicide Prevention Training.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-14 - Referred to HLT, FIN, referral sheet 30 [HR87 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2017-HR87-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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HOUSE RESOLUTION
requesting the department of health to study the effectiveness of suicide prevention training.
WHEREAS, suicide was the most common cause of fatal injuries among Hawaii residents over the five-year period from 2010 to 2014, accounting for over one-quarter of all fatal injuries; and
WHEREAS, suicide was the leading cause of injury-related death for most age groups, except for the very young and the very old, outpacing car crashes, homicide, unintentional poisoning, and drowning; and
WHEREAS, one person dies by suicide in Hawaii every two days; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Health, Injury Prevention and Control Section, EMS and Injury Prevention System Branch, collaborates with partners across the State to address the leading causes of injury that include drowning prevention, fall prevention, poisoning prevention, suicide prevention, traffic safety, and violence and abuse prevention; and
WHEREAS, the EMS and Injury Prevention System Branch sponsors suicide intervention trainings, such as ASIST, which is a two-day interactive workshop designed to help caregivers recognize risk and learn how to intervene to prevent the immediate risk of suicide; CONNECT, which are workshops that train professionals and communities in suicide prevention and response; and safeTALK, which provides training to recognize a person at risk for suicide and to connect the person with a person trained in suicide first aid intervention; and
WHEREAS, a review of the
foregoing programs and related activities should be conducted to evaluate the
effectiveness of suicide prevention training; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-ninth
Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2017, that the
Department of Health is requested to study the effectiveness of suicide
prevention training; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Health is requested to submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature not later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2018; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Health.
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Department of Health; Suicide Prevention Training
