Bill > HB2763

This bill establishes a funding mechanism for behavioral health crisis services by imposing a monthly charge on wireless telecommunication services. Specifically, it mandates that dealers collect a sixty-five cent "prepaid wireless charge" from end users for each retail transaction of prepaid commercial mobile radio service (CMRS), which is defined as a mobile phone service paid for in advance. Additionally, CMRS providers and resellers will collect a monthly sixty-five cent "postpaid wireless 988 charge" per access line from customers whose primary place of use is in the state, for CMRS that is not prepaid. The collected revenues will be deposited into a newly created "988 Crisis Continuum Fund" and used by the Department of Mental Health to operate crisis services, which include the 988 lifeline (a three-digit number for crisis support), mobile crisis response, and behavioral health crisis center operations, as well as "open access services" for uninsured or underinsured individuals. This fund is a dedicated fund, meaning any unspent money at the end of a biennium will not revert to the general revenue fund, and it can also receive appropriations, gifts, grants, donations, or bequests. The bill also defines terms like "CMRS provider," "dealer," "end user," and "place of primary use" to clarify the scope of these charges and their collection.

https://house.mo.gov/Bill.aspx?bill=HB2763&year=2026&code=R