Commonwealth Public Health Plan for Reducing Domestic and Family Violence

Commonwealth Public Health Plan for Reducing Domestic and Family Violence. (a) The Department of Public Health, Division of Mental Health, shall: (1) Assess the impact of domestic or family violence on public health; and (2) Write a Commonwealth Public Health Plan for reducing the incidence of domestic and family violence in the Commonwealth. (b) The Commonwealth Public Health Plan: (1) Must include but is not limited to public education, including use of the various communication media to set forth the public health perspective on domestic or family violence; (2) Must be developed in consultation with public and private agencies that provide programs for victims of domestic or family violence, advocates for victims, Family Violence Task Force, and persons who have demonstrated expertise and experience in providing health care to victims of domestic or family violence and their children; and (3) Must be completed on or before 120 days after this statute is in effect. (c) The Department of Public Health shall: (1) Transmit a copy of the Commonwealth Public Health plan to the governor and the members of the Legislature; and (2) Review and update the Commonwealth Public Health plan annually. Source: PL 12-19, § 2 (402).