(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.
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