2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
LRB-3142/1
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June 2, 2025 - Introduced by Senators James and Wanggaard, cosponsored by Representatives Franklin, Armstrong, Behnke, Brill, Dittrich, Goeben, Gundrum, Kitchens, Kreibich, Melotik, Novak, O'Connor, Piwowarczyk and Tranel. Referred to Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families.
SB307,1,2
1An Act to create 46.533 of the statutes; relating to: 988 Suicide and Crisis
2Lifeline grants. Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires the Department of Health Services to award grants to organizations that provide crisis intervention services and crisis care coordination to individuals who contact the national 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline from anywhere within the state. Currently, DHS partners with Wisconsin Lifeline to provide statewide 988 crisis hotline services.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SB307,13Section 1. 46.533 of the statutes is created to read: SB307,2,2446.533 Suicide and crisis lifeline; grants. (1) In this section, “national 5crisis hotline” means the telephone or text access number “988,” or its successor,
1that is maintained under the federally administered program under 42 USC 290bb-236c. SB307,2,53(2) The department shall award grants to organizations that provide crisis 4intervention services and crisis care coordination to individuals who contact the 5national crisis hotline from anywhere within this state.
