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Committee approves amended bill allowing follow-up contacts to minors through 988 and state crisis lines
Summary
The Senate Health Committee released an amended measure permitting operators of the state mental health and suicide crisis telephone number and the nationwide 988 hotline to place follow-up calls, texts, or chats to minors 16 and older identified as high risk without parental consent under specified conditions.
The Senate Health Committee voted to release an amended bill, Senate Bill 4050, that would allow operators of the telephone number for mental health and suicide crisis resources and the nationwide 988 hotline to place follow-up calls, texts, or chats to minors who are identified as being at high risk of committing suicide.
Under the committee amendments described at the hearing, the bill replaces the term “New Jersey suicide hope line” with “telephone number for mental health and suicide crisis resources” to reflect the state's transition to 988. The amendments clarify…
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