LANSING, Mich. — Michigan is poised to create a permanent statewide mental health hotline under legislation that soon will go to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
The Legislature is scheduled to take a final vote on the bill Tuesday.
The telephone referral system would be available 24 hours a day, seven days of week and would refer people experiencing a mental health crisis to service providers.
A spending law approved in 2018 included $3 million to develop, operate and maintain a hotline pilot program.
The new legislation is intended as a way to expand that program statewide.
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