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Senate funds mental‑health receiving‑center pilot and renames crisis commission
Summary
Senate approved SB219 to rename the crisis‑line commission to the Crisis Response Commission, create a pilot for mental‑health receiving centers and appropriate $1.5 million ongoing to the Department of Human Services; the bill passed under suspension of the rules and moves to the House.
Senators passed second substitute Senate Bill 219, which renames the state’s crisis line commission the Crisis Response Commission, expands focus to mobile crisis outreach and establishes a pilot program for mental‑health receiving centers.
Senator Thatcher, sponsor of the substitute, described the changes as expanding the commission's…
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