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SF 2255Died when the session ended · February 7, 2024

Making appropriations to supplement federal moneys received to fund 988 suicide and crisis lifeline services

Topics:State budgetHealth careMental health & addiction

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedFebruary 7, 2024
  2. Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 12, 2024
  3. Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
  4. Next: Passes the Senate
  5. Next: House committee
  6. Next: Passes the House
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary Iowa will provide over $3.7 million to the Department of Health and Human Services to help improve the 988 suicide and crisis lifeline. This money will support organizations that provide help through phone calls, texts, or the internet. These funds are specifically set aside to strengthen local crisis services through the 2025-2026 fiscal year.1

Read the official explanation

This bill makes an appropriation of $3,719,940 to the department of health and human services for FY 2024-2025 for the purpose of supplementing funds received from the federal substance abuse and mental health services administration under the cooperative agreements for states and territories to improve local 988 capacity for the operations of organizations that conduct 988 suicide and crisis lifeline telephone, text, or internet services in Iowa. Moneys appropriated for this purpose shall not revert to the general fund of the state, but shall remain available for the purpose designated until the close of FY 2025-2026.

Full bill text2

Senate subcommittee

Named February 12, 2024. It hasn’t reported yet.

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Lobbying

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