This bill amends requirements for providing mental health resources to first responders.
This bill:
- requires the Department of Public Safety to annually submit a report on the first responder agency's compliance with requirements to provide mental health resources to first responders and first responders' spouses to the:
Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee; andState Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice's public safety portal;
- creates the Mental Health Resources for First Responders Reserve Account (account) to provide funding for:grants to first responder agencies that contribute to the account to fund plans to provide mental health resources to first responders; andthe Department of Public Safety to provide certain mental health resources to small first responder agencies;
- amends provisions related to grants to first responder agencies to provide mental health services to first responders;
- defines terms; and
- makes technical and conforming changes.Statutes affected:
Introduced: 53-21-102, 53-21-103, 53-21-104.1