1477-S2.E AMS WILS S3004.2
E2SHB 1477 - S AMD TO S AMD (S-2948.2/21) 875
By Senator Wilson, L.
NOT ADOPTED 04/19/2021
On page 4, beginning on line 16, after "Employ" strike all material through "appropriate," on line 17 and insert "staff"
On page 18, line 21, after "is" strike "30" and insert "9"
On page 18, line 22, after "is" strike "50" and insert "15"
On page 19, line 8, after "is" strike "30" and insert "9"
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"NEW SECTION. Sec. 207. FOR THE STATE HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY—COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROGRAM
General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2022) | . . . . | $8,374,000 |
General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2023) | . . . . | $20,445,000 |
General Fund—Federal Appropriation | . . . . | $9,606,000 |
The appropriations in this section are subject to the following conditions and limitations: $8,374,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2022, $20,445,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2023, and $9,606,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation (medicaid) are provided solely for increasing local behavioral health mobile crisis response team capacity and ensuring each region has at least one adult and one children and youth mobile crisis team that is able to respond to calls coming into the 988 crisis hotline."
EFFECT: (1) Reduces the tax on radio access lines, voice over Internet protocol service lines, and switched access lines by seventy percent, to 9 cents per month between October 1, 2021, and December 31, 2022, and 15 cents per month starting January 2, 2023. Provides that expenditures from the proceeds of the tax may only be used to ensure the efficient and effective routing of calls made to the 988 crisis hotline and for crisis call center personnel directly responding to the 988 crisis hotline. Removes requirement that call center staff have at least a bachelors or masters level of education.
(2) Appropriates $28.8 million General Fund—State and $9.6 million General Fund—Federal for the purpose of increasing local behavioral health mobile crisis response team capacity and ensuring each region has at least one adult and one children and youth mobile crisis team that is able to respond to calls coming into the 988 crisis hotline.
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