HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.C.R. NO.	138
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE CONCURRENT

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, the Senate concurring, 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 Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Health.

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title: 

Department of Health; Suicide Prevention Training