MO HB3131

Requires co-response teams consisting of a behavioral health professional and peace officer to respond to all emergency calls classified as "mental-health related," with exceptions for high-risk situations where law enforcement may initially secure the scene alone

Mandates 40 hours of behavioral-health crisis training for peace officers within 12 months of assignment to patrol or emergency response duties, plus annual refresher training, covering topics such as de-escalation, trauma-informed approaches, and suicide risk indicators

Adds 6 hours of behavior-health crisis response training to basic peace officer training requirements for those licensed on or after August 28, 2028, and requires 3 hours of continuing education on behavioral-health crisis response every three years

Creates the "Behavioral Health Co-Responder Grant Fund" to support hiring behavioral health professionals, training costs, data collection systems, and startup grants for rural and underserved areas

Requires law enforcement agencies to collect standardized data on mental-health-related dispatches and mandates annual statewide reporting to the General Assembly beginning January 1, 2028, with an independent evaluation of outcomes by January 1, 2030