(a) Under the leadership of the Family Violence Task Force; the Guam Police Department; the Office of the Attorney General; the Department of Public Health and Social Services, including but not limited to Adult Protective Services and Child Protective Services; the Guam Behavioral and Wellness Center; the Guam Memorial Hospital Authority; and the Superior Court of Guam, in the spirit of networking, cooperation and coordination, shall:

(1) assess the impact of family violence on public health; and

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(2) write a public health plan for reducing the incidence of family violence in Guam.

(b) The public health plan:

(1) shall include, but is not limited to, public education, including use of the various communication media to set forth the public health perspective on family violence;

(2) shall include a plan for the assessment of family members of victims of family violence by a mental health professional regarding the need for counseling services and a recommendation regarding how such services shall be provided;

(3) shall be developed in consultation with public and private agencies that provide programs for victims of family violence, advocates for victims, non-profit family violence coalitions or organizations, and persons who have demonstrated expertise and experience in providing health care to victims of family violence and their children; and

(4) shall be completed on or before April 30, 1999.

(c) The Department of Public Health and Social Services and the
Guam Behavioral and Wellness Center shall:

(1) transmit a copy of the public health plan to I Maga’lahen Guåhan and the members of I Liheslaturan Guåhan, and I Maga’lahen Guåhan through his executive order shall implement the plan within ninety (90) days of submission; and

(2) review and update the public health plan every two (2) years.

SOURCE: Subsection (b)(4) amended by P.L. 25-003:IV:13.