Alaska Statutes.
Title 44. State Government
Chapter 29. Department of Health and Social Services
Section 300. Council Established.
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AS 44.29.300. Council Established.

There is established in the Department of Health and Social Services the Statewide Suicide Prevention Council, consisting of 15 members, as follows:

(1) two members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate, one of whom shall be a member of the majority and one of whom shall be a member of the minority;

(2) two members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, one of whom shall be a member of the majority and one of whom shall be a member of the minority;

(3) 11 members appointed by the governor, as follows:

(A) two persons who are employed in the executive branch of state government;

(B) one member of the Advisory Board on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse;

(C) one member of the Alaska Mental Health Board;

(D) one person recommended by the Alaska Federation of Natives, Inc.;

(E) one person who is a counselor in a secondary school;

(F) one adult who is active in a statewide youth organization;

(G) one person who has experienced the death by suicide of a member of the person's family;

(H) one person who resides in a rural community in the state that is not connected by road or the Alaska marine highway to the main road system of the state;

(I) one person who is a member of the clergy; and

(J) one person who is under the age of 18.

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