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Senators press for itemized accounting as committee considers replacing 988 phone fee with appropriation
Summary
Committee members discussed funding for 988 (suicide crisis hotline) and debated removing a proposed communications-fee on phone subscribers in favor of a $500,000 appropriation; senators requested an itemized breakdown of prior spending and the rationale for a larger $2.7 million request.
Senators on the Industry and Business Committee spent a substantial portion of the session pressing for clearer, itemized information about funding and expenditures related to 988, the nationwide suicide crisis hotline, and a pending request for larger state support.
Committee members said they were reluctant to impose another communications fee on phone subscribers. Several senators proposed stripping the proposed per-subscriber telephone assessment from the draft legislation and instead placing $500,000 in an appropriation so the…
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