H.R. 10245
Creates panel to set 9-1-1 crisis training recommendations
Directs the health secretary to convene a panel that would recommend how 9-1-1 dispatchers handle behavioral health crisis calls and connect callers to crisis services.
- Panel includes psychiatrists, paramedics, police, 9-1-1 and 9-8-8 dispatchers, Tribes, and veterans' experts
- Recommends connecting callers to crisis care instead of police when appropriate and transferring calls to 9-8-8
- Recommends dispatcher training on cultural competency, implicit bias, and behavioral crisis best practices
- Sets data standards on crisis care connections, police involvement, and disparities, with caller privacy protections
In committee