Establishes Law Enforcement Critical Mental Health Assistance Grant Program; appropriates $3 million.
The bill establishes the Law Enforcement Critical Mental Health Assistance Grant Program in the Department of Human Services. The program will award grants to mental health providers to offer confidential mental health services to law enforcement officers or their immediate family members in a mental health crisis or suicidal. The commissioner is required to develop an application process for mental health providers to apply for grants. Consideration is to be given to the geographical location of mental health providers and the areas where they provide services.
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