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Legislation seeks stable funding for new 988 crisis hotline

The bill would establish a new cell phone tax to fund a hotline that advocates and lawmakers say is key to rebuilding Oregon’s mental health services. 
February 7, 2023
 
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Mental health advocates and state lawmakers are calling for a 50-cent cell phone tax to expand Oregon’s 988 suicide prevention and crisis hotline.