1. (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 psychological autopsy examiner.

2. (2) The psychological autopsy examiner shall:

   1. (a) work with the medical examiner to compile data regarding suicide related deaths;
   2. (b) as relatives, associates, and acquaintances of the deceased are willing, gather information regarding the circumstances that preceded the decedent's death;
   3. (c) maintain a database of information described in Subsections (2)(a) and (b);
   4. (d) in accordance with all applicable privacy laws subject to approval by the department, share the database described in Subsection (2)(c) with the University of Utah Department of Psychiatry or other university-based departments conducting research on suicide;
   5. (e) coordinate no less than monthly with the suicide prevention coordinator described in Subsection 26B-5-611(2); and
   6. (f) coordinate no less than quarterly with the state suicide prevention coalition.

Amended by Chapter 240, 2024 General Session