Creates provisions relating to funding of behavioral health services

Summary

The bill would require mobile phone dealers and carriers to add a 65‑cent charge for each prepaid purchase and each postpaid line. The money would go into a new 988 Crisis Continuum Fund that the Department of Mental Health would use for crisis call, text, chat, mobile response, and other behavioral health services for uninsured or underinsured residents. It aims to provide a dedicated funding source for statewide crisis care.

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