Missouri HB3131 mandates co-response teams for mental-health-related calls, training for peace officers, and data collection.
Missouri HB3131 requires behavioral health specialists to be dispatched alongside law enforcement for mental-health-related calls. It establishes a Health Co-Responder Grant Fund for hiring, training, and data collection. Peace officers must complete behavioral-health crisis training, and dispatchers receive crisis identification training. The bill mandates standardized data collection for mental-health-related dispatches and annual statewide reports summarizing key indicators and outcomes.
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