Suicide prevention task force urges release of hotline money
The Speakers Task Force on Suicide Prevention is now calling on the Joint Finance Committee to release $220,000 already budgeted for a suicide hotline. This comes after earlier considering new legislation that would’ve allocated the money, but with added reporting requirements. The original approach raised concerns it would delay the HOPELine receiving the money, which has yet to be released by JFC. But while it dropped the suggestion of a new bill, the task force report still recommends JFC tweak the funding. It would send it through the Department of Health Services, which the task force wants to make the