| 9 | 8 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 10 | 9 | | SectionA.Chapter630,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretoonenewsection,tobe |
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| 11 | 10 | | 2knownassection630.1180,toreadasfollows: |
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| 12 | 11 | | 630.1180.1.Asusedinthissection,thefollowingtermsmean: |
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| 13 | 12 | | 2 (1)"988",thetelephonenumberdesignatedastheuniversaltelephonenumber |
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| 14 | 13 | | 3withintheUnitedStatesforthepurposeofthenationalsuicidepreventionandmental |
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| 15 | 14 | | 4healthcrisishotlinesystemoperatingthroughthe988SuicideandCrisisLifeline,orits |
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| 16 | 15 | | 5successor,maintainedbytheAssistantSecretaryforMentalHealthandSubstanceUse |
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| 17 | 16 | | 6under42U.S.C.Section290bb-36c; |
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| 18 | 17 | | 7 (2)"988client",anyindividualwhoinitiatesa988contact; |
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| 19 | 18 | | 8 (3)"988contact",acommunicationwiththe988SuicideandCrisisLifeline |
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| 20 | 19 | | 9systemwithintheUnitedStatesviamodalitiesofferedincludingcall,chat,ortext; |
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| 21 | 20 | | 10 (4)"988crisiscounselor",anyindividualwhorespondsto988contactsonbehalf |
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| 22 | 21 | | 11ofa988Lifelinecenter; |
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| 23 | 22 | | 12 (5)"988Lifelinecenter",astate-identifiedcenterthatisamemberoftheSuicide |
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| 24 | 23 | | 13andCrisisLifelinenetworkthatrespondstostatewideorregional988contacts; |
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| 25 | 24 | | 14 (6)"988SuicideandCrisisLifeline"or"988Lifeline",thenationalsuicide |
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| 26 | 25 | | 15preventionandmentalhealthcrisishotlinesystemmaintainedbytheAssistant |
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| 27 | 26 | | 16SecretaryforMentalHealthandSubstanceUseunder42U.S.C.Section290bb-36c. |
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| 28 | 27 | | 17 2.Totheextentallowedbyfederallaw,thedepartmentofmentalhealthshall |
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| 29 | 28 | | 18require988Lifelinecenterstocomplywiththefollowingstandards: |
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| 30 | 29 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 31 | 30 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 19 (1)Uponinitialreceiptofany988contact,the988crisiscounselorshallfirstask |
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| 32 | | - | 20the988clientwhatthecrisisis;and |
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| 33 | | - | 21 (2)Whethertheclientrequirestheassistanceofandconnectiontothe911 |
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| 34 | | - | 22systemorisinsteadseekingonlytotalkwiththe988crisiscounselor. |
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| 35 | | - | SectionB.Becauseimmediateactionisnecessarytoaddresspressingmattersof |
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| 36 | | - | 2mentalhealthemergencies,sectionAofthisactisdeemednecessaryfortheimmediate |
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| 37 | | - | 3preservationofthepublichealth,welfare,peace,andsafety,andisherebydeclaredtobean |
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| 38 | | - | 4emergencyactwithinthemeaningoftheconstitution,andsectionAofthisactshallbeinfull |
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| 39 | | - | 5forceandeffectuponitspassageandapproval. |
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| 31 | + | 20the988clientwhetherthe988clientisinimminentdangerandrequirestheassistanceof |
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| 32 | + | 21the911systemorisinsteadseekingonlypsychologicalsupport;and |
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| 33 | + | 22 (2)988Lifelinecentersshallincludeinthescriptsforrespondingto988contacts |
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| 34 | + | 23keyperformanceindicatorstogaugetheeffectivenessoftheirefforts,guidethe |
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| 35 | + | 24conversationsbetween988clientsand988crisiscounselors,andoptimizeoutcomesfor |
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| 36 | + | 25988clients.Uponthecompletionofanyinteractionbetweena988clientanda988crisis |
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| 37 | + | 26counselor,the988Lifelinecentershallprovidethe988clientwithfollow-upresources |
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| 38 | + | 27andasurvey. |
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| 39 | + | 28 3.Thedepartmentofmentalhealthshallprepareanannualreportwithdata |
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| 40 | + | 29andanalysesonthevalueofthe988Lifeline,thequalityoftheinteractionsbetween988 |
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| 41 | + | 30clientsand988crisiscounselors,theresultsofthesurveysrequiredunderthissection, |
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| 42 | + | 31andthepercentageofanylinksprovidedto988clientsviachatortextthatresultedin |
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| 43 | + | 32clicks.Thedepartmentshallsubmittheannualreporttothegovernor,thespeakerof |
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| 44 | + | 33thehouseofrepresentatives,andthepresidentprotemporeofthesenate. |
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