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2021 SESSION
SB 1302 Crisis Call Center Fund; created, consistency with federal guidelines.
Introduced by: Jeremy S. McPike | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Crisis call center; Crisis Call Center Fund established. Provides that the crisis call center, which under current law is administered by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (the Department), shall be designated as the 9-8-8 Crisis Hotline Center for purposes of participating in the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The bill directs the Department, in its development of the crisis call center, community care teams, and mobile crisis teams, to comply with any applicable requirements of the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2020 and to provide for consistency with federal guidelines promulgated under such law. The bill contains immunity provisions for any originating service provider and its employees and agents acting pursuant to the act.
The bill increases from $0.75 to $0.94 the wireless E-911 surcharge and increases from $0.50 to $0.63 the prepaid wireless E-911 charge. The bill provides that part of the revenue attributable to the increase would be distributed to the Crisis Call Center Fund, established by the bill, to fund the Department's costs in establishing and administering the call center, and that the remainder of the revenue would be distributed to public safety answering points (PSAPs).
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/21 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102780D pdf
- 01/21/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21103475D-S1 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/12/21 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102780D
- 01/12/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/18/21 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health
- 01/21/21 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21103475D-S1
- 01/21/21 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/26/21 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 2-N)
- 01/27/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/21 Senate: Read second time
- 01/28/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/28/21 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 21103475D-S1
- 01/28/21 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1302S1
- 01/29/21 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (30-Y 7-N)
- 02/02/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/02/21 House: Read first time
- 02/02/21 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/08/21 House: Continued to Special Session 1 in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote