Imposes a surcharge on monthly phone bills to fund a 9-8-8 suicide prevention and behavioral health crisis hotline in New York.
The bill imposes a surcharge on monthly phone bills to cover the costs of administering, designing, installing, constructing, operating, and maintaining a 9-8-8 suicide prevention and behavioral health crisis hotline in New York. The surcharge can be up to thirty-five cents per access line per month. The surcharge applies to telephone corporations and voice over internet protocol service providers.
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