Bill > AB303

This bill requires the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) to establish a grant program specifically for organizations that provide crisis intervention services and care coordination for individuals who contact the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline from anywhere in the state. The bill creates a new section of state law (46.533) that defines the "national crisis hotline" as the 988 telephone or text access number, which is federally administered under a specific federal statute. By creating this grant program, the legislation aims to support and expand crisis intervention services related to the recently implemented 988 Lifeline, which serves as a national mental health crisis and suicide prevention hotline. Currently, DHS already partners with Wisconsin Lifeline to provide statewide 988 crisis hotline services, and this bill would formalize and potentially expand support for such crisis intervention organizations through dedicated grant funding.

Health and Social Services

https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab303