{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-30-9a-26","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 30:9A-26","heading":"Public awareness campaign on youth suicide prevention and intervention.","body":"5.\tThe Commissioner of Human Services shall develop and publicize, in consultation with the council, a public awareness campaign on youth suicide prevention and intervention, the goals of which shall be to:\na.\tincrease voluntary reporting of youth suicides and attempts at suicide by professionals who are likely to know of suicides and attempts in the course of their employment;\nb.\tincrease referrals by these professionals to therapeutic services available to youths who contemplate or attempt suicide;\nc.\tincrease public awareness of the incidence and causes of youth suicide attempts and decrease the stigma currently associated with depression and suicide; and\nd.\tencourage the use by families of short-term and long-term public and private mental health services, as well as other services, to reduce the incidence of attempted and completed suicides by youths.\nL.2003,c.214,s.5.","path":["TITLE 30 INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"bfdb8aef8d06449a2235bcc318ac020c99f251ad513c3e06668c5b438f6ad557","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-30-9a-25","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-30-9a-27"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}