Utah Code § 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.