Pennsylvania Statutes Title 71 P.S. State Government § 557.2. Duties of death review team (Adm. Code § 2129)

(1) Inquire into the cause of death upon receipt of a report of a qualifying death.

(2) Conduct a multidisciplinary review of available information collected regarding a deceased individual.

(3) Establish policies and procedures for collecting and reviewing available information and records under section 2131  1 regarding the deceased individual from State, county and local agencies, law enforcement and private entities.

(4) Identify points of contact between the deceased individual and health care systems, social services systems, criminal justice systems and other systems involved with the deceased individual.

(5) Identify the risk factors that put individuals at risk for an overdose or suicide within the death review team's jurisdiction.

(6) Promote cooperation and coordination across State, county and local agencies involved in overdose or suicide investigations.

(7) Recommend improvements in sources of information relating to investigating reported overdose or suicide deaths, including standards for the uniform and consistent reporting of overdose or suicide deaths by law enforcement or other emergency service responders within the death review team's jurisdiction.

(8) Recommend improvements to State laws and local partnerships, policies and practices to prevent overdose and suicide deaths.

(1) The death review team's collection, use and disclosure of information and records from the family member or caregiver.

(2) Providing notice to the family member or caregiver that the interview is voluntary.

(3) Ensuring that information and records attained from the interview is confidential.

(1) A summary of the aggregated, nonindividually identifiable findings of the death review team for the previous year.

(2) Recommendations to improve systems of care and community resources to reduce fatal suicides or overdoses in the death review team's jurisdiction.

(3) Proposed solutions for inadequacies in the systems of care.

(4) Recommendations to improve sources of information regarding the investigation of reported suicides and overdose deaths, including standards for the uniform and consistent reporting of fatal suicides and overdoses by law enforcement or other emergency service responders within the death review team's jurisdiction.

(5) Recommendations for improvements to State laws and local partnerships, policies and practices to prevent suicide and overdose fatalities.