Gov. Markell signs mental health, suicide prevention legisla

are now law. governor jack markell signed senate bills 2-45 — and 2-81 — today. the first establishes a behavioral and mental health commission — which will increase oversight of at psychiatric hospitals — while also submitting annual reports and recommendations to the governor and general assembly. the second law creates the suicide prevention coalition — to take a scientific and proactive approach to suicide prevention — by keeping track of statistical data in the state. this coalition will be made up of a number of behavioral health professionals for more on this — check out our online report — at 47 abc-dot-com. a fire in selbyville caused serious damage to a two story home — the delaware state fire