E2SHB 1134 — Implementing the 988 behavioral health crisis response and suicide prevention system.

What this bill does

Establishes an endorsement for mobile rapid response crisis teams that meet staffing, vehicle, and response time standards, as well as a grant program to support them. Directs the University of Washington to establish a crisis training and secondary trauma program to develop a training strategy for personnel in the behavioral health crisis system and to provide training support to regional behavioral health entities. Directs the Department of Health to develop informational materials and a social media campaign to promote the 988 crisis hotline and related crisis lines. Establishes liability protection for several entities and personnel for activities related to the dispatching decisions of 988 crisis hotline staff and the transfer of calls between the 911 line and the 988 crisis hotline. Extends several dates related to reporting, designated 988 crisis contact center hubs, and funding the new crisis call center system platform.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 6, 2023
  95 yea · 0 nay · 3 not voting
• House — Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 18, 2023
  70 yea · 27 nay · 1 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · April 8, 2023
  48 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting

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