The purpose of the Youth Suicide Prevention Act is to facilitate the translation of youth suicide-related data into comprehensive public policy that is directed toward reducing the number of attempted suicides and suicides in Oklahoma by:

1. 1. Improving methods of identifying children, youth and young adults who are at risk of committing suicide;
2. 2. Improving awareness of and access to existing mental health services for individuals identified as needing those services; and
3. 3. Coordinating and developing community resources to prevent attempted suicide and suicide among children, youth, and young adults.

Added by Laws 2001, HB 1241, c. 168, § 2, emerg. eff. May 2, 2001.