Bill > HB3098

This bill establishes a new section of law to fund behavioral health services, specifically focusing on crisis services and open access services for uninsured or underinsured individuals. It defines key terms like "988" (the national suicide and crisis lifeline number), "CMRS provider" (companies providing mobile phone service), and "prepaid CMRS" (mobile phone service paid for in advance). The bill mandates that dealers selling prepaid mobile phone services and providers of postpaid mobile phone services collect a monthly charge of sixty-five cents per line or transaction. These collected funds will be deposited into a newly created "988 Crisis Continuum Fund" and used by the Department of Mental Health to operate crisis services, such as the 988 hotline, mobile crisis response, and behavioral health crisis centers, as well as open access services. The bill also specifies that this charge will not be included in the calculation of other state or local taxes and fees.

https://house.mo.gov/Bill.aspx?bill=HB3098&year=2026&code=R