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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND | |
HOSPITALS -- COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Shallcross Smith, Casimiro, Tanzi, Speakman, Bennett, | |
Date Introduced: January 05, 2024 | |
Referred To: House Finance | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 40.1-8.5 of the General Laws entitled "Community Mental Health |
2 | Services" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
3 | 40.1-8.5-9. Suicide prevention and mental health crisis 9-8-8 hotline. |
4 | The sum of one million eight hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($1,875,000) of federal |
5 | funds contained in the state fiscal recovery fund shall be appropriated for the creation of a 9-8-8 |
6 | hotline to maintain compliance with the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2020 and the |
7 | Federal Communications Commission-adopted rules to assure that all citizens receive a consistent |
8 | level of 9-8-8 and crisis behavioral health services. |
9 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND | |
HOSPITALS -- COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES | |
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1 | This act would appropriate one million eight hundred seventy-five thousand dollars |
2 | ($1,875,000) for the creation of a 9-8-8 suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline within |
3 | the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals (BHDDH). |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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