SB328 Alabama 2023 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Garlan Gudger Senator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2023

Title

Relating to the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline; to require the Department of Mental Health to develop, administer, and adopt rules relating to Alabama's Crisis System of Care; to create the Alabama 988 Crisis Care Fund; to provide for the collection and use of a statewide surcharge on certain communication service connections; to create the 988 Commission to provide oversight to the fund; and to protect certain communication service providers from certain liability.

Description

Existing law does not provide for the use of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Call Lifeline.

This bill would create the 988 Crisis System of Care Act and would require the Department of Mental Health to develop, coordinate, and administer Alabama's Crisis System of Care, which would include 988 Crisis Call Centers and the 988 Suicide and Crisis Call Lifeline.

This bill would require the department to adopt rules related to crisis services, and provide annual reports of its activities and use of funds to certain individuals and entities.

This bill would create the Alabama 988 Crisis Care Fund within the State Treasury to fund 988 related services, and would create the 988 Commission to provide oversight to funds generated for the Crisis System of Care.

This bill would provide for a statewide 988 surcharge to be imposed on certain communication service connections in the state, and would provide for the collection and use of the surcharge.

This bill would also protect certain communication service providers from liability related to the provision of 988 services.

SB328 INTRODUCED.

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