H914 Summary

• Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish and administer a statewide suicide prevention program for first responders and veterans, including evidence-based training, a toll-free hotline, and a mobile application.

• Designates a suicide prevention program coordinator to oversee program components, coordinate with local entities, track effectiveness data, and submit annual reports to state leadership beginning December 1, 2018.

• Appropriates funds to the Department of Health and Human Services for program establishment, a full-time coordinator position, the toll-free hotline, and mobile application development.

• Allows individual taxpayers to voluntarily contribute all or part of their income tax refunds to support the suicide prevention program, with contributions transmitted to the Department of Health and Human Services.

• Creates a 25-member Veterans Reintegration Task Force within the Department of Veterans and Military Affairs to develop a statewide action plan addressing military-to-civilian reintegration, employment, finances, education, mental health services, and resource coordination for service members and veterans.