Enhances crisis response services through co-response integration and support.

The bill enhances crisis response services by integrating co-response, a multidisciplinary partnership between first responders and human services professionals. It aims to de-escalate situations, divert people from criminal justice and emergency medical systems, and bring medical and behavioral health care into the field. Co-responders provide call-for-service crisis response and follow-up care, including case management, resource navigation, and transportation.

Enhances crisis response services through co-response integration and support.

The bill enhances crisis response services by integrating co-response, a multidisciplinary partnership between first responders and human services professionals. It aims to de-escalate situations, divert people from criminal justice and emergency medical systems, and bring medical and behavioral health care into the field. Co-responders provide call-for-service crisis response and follow-up care, including case management, resource navigation, and transportation.